diff --git a/distro/systemd/openvpn-client@.service.in b/distro/systemd/openvpn-client@.service.in
index 159fb4dc..2277a7d9 100644
--- a/distro/systemd/openvpn-client@.service.in
+++ b/distro/systemd/openvpn-client@.service.in
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Type=notify
 PrivateTmp=true
 WorkingDirectory=/etc/openvpn/client
 ExecStart=@sbindir@/openvpn --suppress-timestamps --nobind --config %i.conf
+User=openvpn
+Group=network
+AmbientCapabilities=CAP_IPC_LOCK CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_RAW CAP_SETGID CAP_SETUID CAP_SETPCAP CAP_SYS_CHROOT CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE
 CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_IPC_LOCK CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_RAW CAP_SETGID CAP_SETUID CAP_SETPCAP CAP_SYS_CHROOT CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE
 LimitNPROC=10
 DeviceAllow=/dev/null rw
diff --git a/distro/systemd/openvpn-server@.service.in b/distro/systemd/openvpn-server@.service.in
index 6e8e7d94..b2814e4b 100644
--- a/distro/systemd/openvpn-server@.service.in
+++ b/distro/systemd/openvpn-server@.service.in
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Type=notify
 PrivateTmp=true
 WorkingDirectory=/etc/openvpn/server
 ExecStart=@sbindir@/openvpn --status %t/openvpn-server/status-%i.log --status-version 2 --suppress-timestamps --config %i.conf
+User=openvpn
+Group=network
+AmbientCapabilities=CAP_IPC_LOCK CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_NET_RAW CAP_SETGID CAP_SETUID CAP_SETPCAP CAP_SYS_CHROOT CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE CAP_AUDIT_WRITE
 CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_IPC_LOCK CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_NET_RAW CAP_SETGID CAP_SETUID CAP_SETPCAP CAP_SYS_CHROOT CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE CAP_AUDIT_WRITE
 LimitNPROC=10
 DeviceAllow=/dev/null rw
