diff --git a/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp b/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
index 2bf48fccf..209ccd9fd 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
+++ b/libprocessgroup/processgroup.cpp
@@ -421,14 +421,27 @@ int killProcessGroupOnce(uid_t uid, int initialPid, int signal, int* max_process
 static int createProcessGroupInternal(uid_t uid, int initialPid, std::string cgroup) {
     auto uid_path = ConvertUidToPath(cgroup.c_str(), uid);
 
-    if (!MkdirAndChown(uid_path, 0750, AID_SYSTEM, AID_SYSTEM)) {
+    struct stat cgroup_stat;
+    mode_t cgroup_mode = 0750;
+    gid_t cgroup_uid = AID_SYSTEM;
+    uid_t cgroup_gid = AID_SYSTEM;
+
+    if (stat(cgroup.c_str(), &cgroup_stat) == 1) {
+        PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to get stats for " << cgroup;
+    } else {
+        cgroup_mode = cgroup_stat.st_mode;
+        cgroup_uid = cgroup_stat.st_uid;
+        cgroup_gid = cgroup_stat.st_gid;
+    }
+
+    if (!MkdirAndChown(uid_path, cgroup_mode, cgroup_uid, cgroup_gid)) {
         PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to make and chown " << uid_path;
         return -errno;
     }
 
     auto uid_pid_path = ConvertUidPidToPath(cgroup.c_str(), uid, initialPid);
 
-    if (!MkdirAndChown(uid_pid_path, 0750, AID_SYSTEM, AID_SYSTEM)) {
+    if (!MkdirAndChown(uid_pid_path, cgroup_mode, cgroup_uid, cgroup_gid)) {
         PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to make and chown " << uid_pid_path;
         return -errno;
     }
diff --git a/libprocessgroup/profiles/cgroups.recovery.json b/libprocessgroup/profiles/cgroups.recovery.json
index 2c63c0851..e27525262 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/profiles/cgroups.recovery.json
+++ b/libprocessgroup/profiles/cgroups.recovery.json
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 {
+  "Cgroups2": {
+    "Path": "/sys/fs/cgroup",
+    "Mode": "0755",
+    "UID": "root",
+    "GID": "root"
+  }
 }