diff --git a/nixos/tests/common/user-account.nix b/nixos/tests/common/user-account.nix
index 9cd531a1f96..a57ee2d59ae 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/common/user-account.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/common/user-account.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     { isNormalUser = true;
       description = "Alice Foobar";
       password = "foobar";
+      uid = 1000;
     };
 
   users.users.bob =