diff --git a/edgelet/iotedge/src/config/apply.rs b/edgelet/iotedge/src/config/apply.rs
index d1fe044934d..88c7b4b0a0d 100644
--- a/edgelet/iotedge/src/config/apply.rs
+++ b/edgelet/iotedge/src/config/apply.rs
@@ -25,35 +25,78 @@ pub async fn execute(config: &Path) -> Result<(), std::borrow::Cow<'static, str>
     // So when running as root, get the four users appropriately.
     // Otherwise, if this is a debug build, fall back to using the current user.
     // Otherwise, tell the user to re-run as root.
+    // When run in a snap expect the four users to be prefixed with `snap_`.
+
     let (aziotks_user, aziotcs_user, aziotid_user, aziottpm_user, iotedge_user) =
         if nix::unistd::Uid::current().is_root() {
-            let aziotks_user = nix::unistd::User::from_name("aziotks")
-                .map_err(|err| format!("could not query aziotks user information: {}", err))?
-                .ok_or("could not query aziotks user information")?;
-
-            let aziotcs_user = nix::unistd::User::from_name("aziotcs")
-                .map_err(|err| format!("could not query aziotcs user information: {}", err))?
-                .ok_or("could not query aziotcs user information")?;
-
-            let aziotid_user = nix::unistd::User::from_name("aziotid")
-                .map_err(|err| format!("could not query aziotid user information: {}", err))?
-                .ok_or("could not query aziotid user information")?;
-
-            let aziottpm_user = nix::unistd::User::from_name("aziottpm")
-                .map_err(|err| format!("could not query aziottpm user information: {}", err))?
-                .ok_or("could not query aziottpm user information")?;
-
-            let iotedge_user = nix::unistd::User::from_name("iotedge")
-                .map_err(|err| format!("could not query iotedge user information: {}", err))?
-                .ok_or("could not query iotedge user information")?;
-
-            (
-                aziotks_user,
-                aziotcs_user,
-                aziotid_user,
-                aziottpm_user,
-                iotedge_user,
-            )
+            if std::env::var("SNAP").is_ok() {
+                println!("Running in SNAP confinement");
+                let aziotks_user = nix::unistd::User::from_name("snap_aziotks")
+                    .map_err(|err| {
+                        format!("could not query snap_aziotks user information: {}", err)
+                    })?
+                    .ok_or("could not query aziotks user information")?;
+
+                let aziotcs_user = nix::unistd::User::from_name("snap_aziotcs")
+                    .map_err(|err| {
+                        format!("could not query snap_aziotcs user information: {}", err)
+                    })?
+                    .ok_or("could not query aziotcs user information")?;
+
+                let aziotid_user = nix::unistd::User::from_name("snap_aziotid")
+                    .map_err(|err| {
+                        format!("could not query snap_aziotid user information: {}", err)
+                    })?
+                    .ok_or("could not query aziotid user information")?;
+
+                let aziottpm_user = nix::unistd::User::from_name("snap_aziottpm")
+                    .map_err(|err| {
+                        format!("could not query snap_aziottpm user information: {}", err)
+                    })?
+                    .ok_or("could not query aziottpm user information")?;
+
+                let iotedge_user = nix::unistd::User::from_name("snap_iotedge")
+                    .map_err(|err| {
+                        format!("could not query snap_iotedge user information: {}", err)
+                    })?
+                    .ok_or("could not query iotedge user information")?;
+
+                (
+                    aziotks_user,
+                    aziotcs_user,
+                    aziotid_user,
+                    aziottpm_user,
+                    iotedge_user,
+                )
+            } else {
+                let aziotks_user = nix::unistd::User::from_name("aziotks")
+                    .map_err(|err| format!("could not query aziotks user information: {}", err))?
+                    .ok_or("could not query aziotks user information")?;
+
+                let aziotcs_user = nix::unistd::User::from_name("aziotcs")
+                    .map_err(|err| format!("could not query aziotcs user information: {}", err))?
+                    .ok_or("could not query aziotcs user information")?;
+
+                let aziotid_user = nix::unistd::User::from_name("aziotid")
+                    .map_err(|err| format!("could not query aziotid user information: {}", err))?
+                    .ok_or("could not query aziotid user information")?;
+
+                let aziottpm_user = nix::unistd::User::from_name("aziottpm")
+                    .map_err(|err| format!("could not query aziottpm user information: {}", err))?
+                    .ok_or("could not query aziottpm user information")?;
+
+                let iotedge_user = nix::unistd::User::from_name("iotedge")
+                    .map_err(|err| format!("could not query iotedge user information: {}", err))?
+                    .ok_or("could not query iotedge user information")?;
+
+                (
+                    aziotks_user,
+                    aziotcs_user,
+                    aziotid_user,
+                    aziottpm_user,
+                    iotedge_user,
+                )
+            }
         } else if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
             let current_user = nix::unistd::User::from_uid(nix::unistd::Uid::current())
                 .map_err(|err| format!("could not query current user information: {}", err))?