diff --git a/templates/memcached.redhat.j2 b/templates/memcached.redhat.j2
index 33b7a3a..dd706cc 100644
--- a/templates/memcached.redhat.j2
+++ b/templates/memcached.redhat.j2
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ PORT="{{ memcached_port }}"
 USER="{{ memcached_user }}"
 MAXCONN="{{ memcached_connections }}"
 CACHESIZE="{{ memcached_memory }}"
-OPTIONS="-l {{ memcached_listen }} -t {{ memcached_threads }} {{ _verbosity }}"
+OPTIONS="-U 0 -l {{ memcached_listen }} -t {{ memcached_threads }} {{ _verbosity }}"