diff --git a/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal.bbappend b/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal.bbappend
index 325d129..f555094 100644
--- a/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal.bbappend
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS = "usermod -p 2Pe/4xyFxsokE diya; \
                         usermod -a -G dialout diya; \
                         usermod -a -G audio diya; \
                         usermod -a -G avahi diya; \
+                        usermod -a -G render diya; \
+                        usermod -a -G wayland diya; \
+                        usermod -a -G weston diya; \
                         usermod -a -G sudo diya \
                         "
 IMAGE_BOOT_FILES:append = "fs_resize"
diff --git a/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston-init.bbappend b/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston-init.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a204cae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston-init.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+# change default weston user to diya
+do_install:append {
+    if [ -e ${D}/${sysconfdir}/init.d/weston ]; then
+        sed -i 's#WESTON_USER=weston#WESTON_USER=diya WESTON_GROUP=weston#' ${D}/${sysconfdir}/init.d/weston
+    fi
+}