diff --git a/docker/horizon/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/horizon/Dockerfile.j2
index 30b227781499369dd4091a959de67b7c953cb1e1..c083fa107272bdfe2e85ebdc9d8fad8c97ff645b 100644
--- a/docker/horizon/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/horizon/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -56,7 +56,25 @@ RUN ln -s horizon-source/* horizon \
 
 {% endif %}
 
+# Set NET_BIND_SERVICE capability to httpd/apache2 so that it may run on
+# ports lower than 1024.
+#  Set pidfile and log directory to be writeable by # the horizon user.
+{% if base_distro in ['centos', 'fedora', 'oraclelinux', 'rhel'] %}
+
+RUN setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=ep' /usr/sbin/httpd \
+    && chown horizon: /run/httpd /etc/httpd/logs
+
+{% elif base_distro in ['ubuntu'] %}
+
+RUN setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=ep' /usr/sbin/apache2 \
+    && chown -R horizon: /var/run/apache2 /var/log/apache2
+
+{% endif %}
+
 COPY extend_start.sh /usr/local/bin/kolla_extend_start
-RUN chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/kolla_extend_start
+RUN chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/kolla_extend_start \
+     && usermod -a -G kolla horizon
+
+USER horizon
 
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