diff --git a/openpower/package/petitboot/S15pb-discover b/openpower/package/petitboot/S15pb-discover
index 8f9638c..9d9ec57 100755
--- a/openpower/package/petitboot/S15pb-discover
+++ b/openpower/package/petitboot/S15pb-discover
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@
 case "$1" in
     start)
         ulimit -c unlimited
-        mkdir -p $(dirname $LOGFILE)
+        mkdir -p -m 0775 $(dirname $LOGFILE)
+        mkdir -p -m 0775 /var/petitboot
+        # Set permissions for normal users
+        chown -R root:petitgroup $(dirname $LOGFILE)
+        chown -R root:petitgroup /var/petitboot
+
         export $(cat /etc/locale)
         pb-discover -l $LOGFILE $verbose &
         echo $! > $PIDFILE