diff --git a/doc/omfile.html b/doc/omfile.html
index 655e93406..1f89ae0df 100644
--- a/doc/omfile.html
+++ b/doc/omfile.html
@@ -14,18 +14,81 @@
 
 <p><b>Module Parameters</b>:</p>
 <ul>
-	<li><strong>Template </strong>[templateName]<br>
-	Set the default template to be used if an action is not
-	configured to use a specific template.<br></li>
+	<li>
+        <strong>Template </strong>[templateName]<br>
+        Set the default template to be used if an action is not
+        configured to use a specific template.<br><br>
+    </li>
 
-	<li><strong>DirCreateMode </strong>[default 0700]<br>
-	Sets the default DirCreateMode to be used for an action
-	if no explicit one is specified.</br>
+	<li>
+        <strong>DirCreateMode </strong>[default 0700]<br>
+        Sets the default DirCreateMode to be used for an action
+        if no explicit one is specified.<br><br>
+    </li>
 	
-	<li><strong>FileCreateMode </strong>[default 0644]<br>
-	Sets the default DirCreateMode to be used for an action
-	if no explicit one is specified.</br>
+	<li>
+        <strong>FileCreateMode </strong>[default 0644]<br>
+        Sets the default DirCreateMode to be used for an action
+        if no explicit one is specified.<br><br>
+    </li>
+
+    <li>
+        <strong>DirOwner </strong><br>
+        Set the default file owner for directories newly created. Please note that this setting does not affect the
+        owner of directories already existing. The parameter is a user name, for which the userid is obtained by
+        rsyslogd during startup processing. Interim changes to the user mapping are not detected.<br><br>
+    </li>
+
+    <li>
+        <strong>DirOwnerNum </strong><br>
+        Set the default file owner for directories newly created. Please note that this setting does not affect the
+        owner of directories already existing. The parameter is a numerical ID, which is used regardless of whether the
+        user actually exists. This can be useful if the user mapping is not available to rsyslog during startup.<br><br>
+    </li>
+
+    <li>
+        <strong>DirGroup </strong><br>
+        Set the default group for directories newly created. Please note that this setting does not affect the group of
+        directories already existing. The parameter is a group name, for which the groupid is obtained by rsyslogd on
+        during startup processing. Interim changes to the user mapping are not detected.<br><br>
+    </li>
+
+    <li>
+        <strong>DirGroupNum </strong><br>
+        Set the default group for directories newly created. Please note that this setting does not affect the group of
+        directories already existing. The parameter is a numerical ID, which is used regardless of whether the group
+        actually exists. This can be useful if the group mapping is not available to rsyslog during startup.<br><br>
+    </li>
+
+    <li>
+        <strong>FileOwner </strong><br>
+        Set the default file owner for files newly created. Please note that this setting does not affect the owner of
+        files already existing. The parameter is a user name, for which the userid is obtained by rsyslogd during
+        startup processing. Interim changes to the user mapping are not detected.<br><br>
+    </li>
+
+    <li>
+        <strong>FileOwnerNum </strong><br>
+        Set the default file owner for files newly created. Please note that this setting does not affect the owner of
+        files already existing. The parameter is a numerical ID, which which is used regardless of whether the user
+        actually exists. This can be useful if the user mapping is not available to rsyslog during startup.<br><br>
+    </li>
+
+    <li>
+        <strong>FileGroup </strong><br>
+        Set the default group for files newly created. Please note that this setting does not affect the group of files
+        already existing. The parameter is a group name, for which the groupid is obtained by rsyslogd during startup
+        processing. Interim changes to the user mapping are not detected.<br><br>
+    </li>
+
+    <li>
+        <strong>FileGroupNum </strong><br>
+        Set the default group for files newly created. Please note that this setting does not affect the group of files
+        already existing. The parameter is a numerical ID, which is used regardless of whether the group actually
+        exists. This can be useful if the group mapping is not available to rsyslog during startup.<br><br>
+    </li>
 </ul>
+
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <p><b>Action Parameters</b>:</p>
 <ul>
@@ -153,10 +216,15 @@ unusable.
 </ul>
 <p><b>Sample:</b></p>
 <p>The following command writes all syslog messages into a file.</p>
-<textarea rows="5" cols="60">action(type="omfile" 
-       DirCreateMode="0700"
-       FileCreateMode="0644"
-       File="/var/log/messages")
+<textarea rows="10" cols="90">
+# Set defaults for every output file
+module(load="builtin:omfile" FileCreateMode="0644" DirCreateMode="0700" FileOwner="syslog")
+
+# Output everything to /var/log/messages
+*.* action(type="omfile" File="/var/log/messages")
+
+# Output auth notices to /var/log/auth.log and only allow the owner to access it
+auth,authpriv.* action(type="omfile" File="/var/log/auth.log" FileCreateMode="0600")
 </textarea>
 
 <br><br>
diff --git a/tools/omfile.c b/tools/omfile.c
index e02803060..ab17afa02 100644
--- a/tools/omfile.c
+++ b/tools/omfile.c
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@ struct modConfData_s {
 	uchar 	*tplName;	/* default template */
 	int fCreateMode; /* default mode to use when creating files */
 	int fDirCreateMode; /* default mode to use when creating files */
+	uid_t fileUID;	/* default IDs for creation */
+	uid_t dirUID;
+	gid_t fileGID;
+	gid_t dirGID;
 };
 
 static modConfData_t *loadModConf = NULL;/* modConf ptr to use for the current load process */
@@ -225,7 +229,15 @@ static modConfData_t *runModConf = NULL;/* modConf ptr to use for the current ex
 static struct cnfparamdescr modpdescr[] = {
 	{ "template", eCmdHdlrGetWord, 0 },
 	{ "dircreatemode", eCmdHdlrFileCreateMode, 0 },
-	{ "filecreatemode", eCmdHdlrFileCreateMode, 0 }
+	{ "filecreatemode", eCmdHdlrFileCreateMode, 0 },
+	{ "dirowner", eCmdHdlrUID, 0 },
+	{ "dirownernum", eCmdHdlrInt, 0 },
+	{ "dirgroup", eCmdHdlrGID, 0 },
+	{ "dirgroupnum", eCmdHdlrInt, 0 },
+	{ "fileowner", eCmdHdlrUID, 0 },
+	{ "fileownernum", eCmdHdlrInt, 0 },
+	{ "filegroup", eCmdHdlrGID, 0 },
+	{ "filegroupnum", eCmdHdlrInt, 0 },
 };
 static struct cnfparamblk modpblk =
 	{ CNFPARAMBLK_VERSION,
@@ -832,6 +844,10 @@ CODESTARTbeginCnfLoad
 	pModConf->tplName = NULL;
 	pModConf->fCreateMode = 0644;
 	pModConf->fDirCreateMode = 0700;
+	pModConf->fileUID = -1;
+	pModConf->dirUID = -1;
+	pModConf->fileGID = -1;
+	pModConf->dirGID = -1;
 ENDbeginCnfLoad
 
 BEGINsetModCnf
@@ -851,8 +867,10 @@ CODESTARTsetModCnf
 	}
 
 	for(i = 0 ; i < modpblk.nParams ; ++i) {
-		if(!pvals[i].bUsed)
+		if(!pvals[i].bUsed) {
 			continue;
+		}
+
 		if(!strcmp(modpblk.descr[i].name, "template")) {
 			loadModConf->tplName = (uchar*)es_str2cstr(pvals[i].val.d.estr, NULL);
 			if(pszFileDfltTplName != NULL) {
@@ -864,6 +882,22 @@ CODESTARTsetModCnf
 			loadModConf->fDirCreateMode = (int) pvals[i].val.d.n;
 		} else if(!strcmp(modpblk.descr[i].name, "filecreatemode")) {
 			loadModConf->fCreateMode = (int) pvals[i].val.d.n;
+		} else if(!strcmp(modpblk.descr[i].name, "dirowner")) {
+			loadModConf->dirUID = (int) pvals[i].val.d.n;
+		} else if(!strcmp(modpblk.descr[i].name, "dirownernum")) {
+			loadModConf->dirUID = (int) pvals[i].val.d.n;
+		} else if(!strcmp(modpblk.descr[i].name, "dirgroup")) {
+			loadModConf->dirGID = (int) pvals[i].val.d.n;
+		} else if(!strcmp(modpblk.descr[i].name, "dirgroupnum")) {
+			loadModConf->dirGID = (int) pvals[i].val.d.n;
+		} else if(!strcmp(modpblk.descr[i].name, "fileowner")) {
+			loadModConf->fileUID = (int) pvals[i].val.d.n;
+		} else if(!strcmp(modpblk.descr[i].name, "fileownernum")) {
+			loadModConf->fileUID = (int) pvals[i].val.d.n;
+		} else if(!strcmp(modpblk.descr[i].name, "filegroup")) {
+			loadModConf->fileGID = (int) pvals[i].val.d.n;
+		} else if(!strcmp(modpblk.descr[i].name, "filegroupnum")) {
+			loadModConf->fileGID = (int) pvals[i].val.d.n;
 		} else {
 			dbgprintf("omfile: program error, non-handled "
 			  "param '%s' in beginCnfLoad\n", modpblk.descr[i].name);
@@ -978,10 +1012,10 @@ setInstParamDefaults(instanceData *__restrict__ const pData)
 {
 	pData->fname = NULL;
 	pData->tplName = NULL;
-	pData->fileUID = -1;
-	pData->fileGID = -1;
-	pData->dirUID = -1;
-	pData->dirGID = -1;
+	pData->fileUID = loadModConf->fileUID;
+	pData->fileGID = loadModConf->fileGID;
+	pData->dirUID = loadModConf->dirUID;
+	pData->dirGID = loadModConf->dirGID;
 	pData->bFailOnChown = 1;
 	pData->iDynaFileCacheSize = 10;
 	pData->fCreateMode = loadModConf->fCreateMode;