diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index c5a9730..65ae602 100644
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ function install_tobiko_deps {
 }
 
 
+function configure_libguestfs_tools {
+    if is_ubuntu; then
+        sudo dpkg-statoverride --update --add root root 0644 \
+            /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`
+    fi
+}
+
+
 function configure_tobiko {
     # Ensure any user can write to log file
     local log_dir
@@ -243,6 +251,7 @@ if [[ "$1" == "stack" ]]; then
         install)
             echo_summary "Installing Tobiko dependencies"
             install_tobiko_deps
+            configure_libguestfs_tools
             ;;
         test-config)
             echo_summary "Configuring Tobiko test cases"