diff --git a/docker/kong/Dockerfile b/docker/kong/Dockerfile
index 3f1468b..e2cbf91 100644
--- a/docker/kong/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/kong/Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ FROM kong:2.8.1
 USER root
 COPY kong.yml.template /var/lib/kong/kong.yml.template
 COPY --chmod=755 docker-entrypoint-wrapper.sh /docker-entrypoint-wrapper.sh
+
+# Give kong user write permissions to /var/lib/kong so it can generate kong.yml
+RUN chown -R kong:kong /var/lib/kong
+
 USER kong
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entrypoint-wrapper.sh"]