diff -ru dnsmasq.orig/dnsmasq-2.52.ebuild dnsmasq/dnsmasq-2.52.ebuild
--- dnsmasq.orig/dnsmasq-2.52.ebuild	2011-04-03 18:26:14.000000000 +0200
+++ dnsmasq/dnsmasq-2.52.ebuild	2011-04-03 18:30:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -70,3 +70,8 @@
 		doins dbus/dnsmasq.conf
 	fi
 }
+
+pkg_preinst() {
+	enewgroup dnsmasq
+	enewuser dnsmasq -1 -1 /dev/null dnsmasq
+}
diff -ru dnsmasq.orig/files/dnsmasq.confd dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.confd
--- dnsmasq.orig/files/dnsmasq.confd	2011-04-03 18:26:14.000000000 +0200
+++ dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.confd	2011-04-03 18:31:59.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # /etc/conf.d/dnsmasq: config file for /etc/init.d/dnsmasq
 
 # See the dnsmasq(8) man page for possible options to put here.
-DNSMASQ_OPTS=""
+DNSMASQ_OPTS="--user=dnsmasq --group=dnsmasq"