diff --git a/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bbappend b/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bbappend
index 23afa9d..e22bc3c 100644
--- a/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bbappend
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS:append = "useradd xdg; \
                             usermod -a -G input xdg; \
                             usermod -a -G tty xdg; \
                             usermod -a -G avahi diya; \
+                            usermod -a -G seat diya; \
+                            usermod -a -G seat xdg; \
                             usermod -a -G xdg diya;"
 IMAGE_INSTALL:append = "pango \
                         seatd \