diff --git a/freqtrade/commands/build_config_commands.py b/freqtrade/commands/build_config_commands.py
index 0dee480b3..03d095e12 100644
--- a/freqtrade/commands/build_config_commands.py
+++ b/freqtrade/commands/build_config_commands.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
 from questionary import Separator, prompt
 
+from freqtrade.configuration.directory_operations import chown_user_directory
 from freqtrade.constants import UNLIMITED_STAKE_AMOUNT
 from freqtrade.exceptions import OperationalException
 from freqtrade.exchange import MAP_EXCHANGE_CHILDCLASS, available_exchanges
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ def start_new_config(args: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     """
 
     config_path = Path(args['config'][0])
+    chown_user_directory(config_path.parent)
     if config_path.exists():
         overwrite = ask_user_overwrite(config_path)
         if overwrite:
diff --git a/freqtrade/configuration/directory_operations.py b/freqtrade/configuration/directory_operations.py
index 1ce8d1461..ca305c260 100644
--- a/freqtrade/configuration/directory_operations.py
+++ b/freqtrade/configuration/directory_operations.py
@@ -24,6 +24,21 @@ def create_datadir(config: Dict[str, Any], datadir: Optional[str] = None) -> Pat
     return folder
 
 
+def chown_user_directory(directory: Path) -> None:
+    """
+    Use Sudo to change permissions of the home-directory if necessary
+    Only applies when running in docker!
+    """
+    import os
+    if os.environ.get('FT_APP_ENV') == 'docker':
+        try:
+            import subprocess
+            subprocess.check_output(
+                ['sudo', 'chown', '-R', 'ftuser:', str(directory.resolve())])
+        except Exception:
+            logger.warning(f"Could not chown {directory}")
+
+
 def create_userdata_dir(directory: str, create_dir: bool = False) -> Path:
     """
     Create userdata directory structure.
@@ -37,6 +52,7 @@ def create_userdata_dir(directory: str, create_dir: bool = False) -> Path:
     sub_dirs = ["backtest_results", "data", "hyperopts", "hyperopt_results", "logs",
                 "notebooks", "plot", "strategies", ]
     folder = Path(directory)
+    chown_user_directory(folder)
     if not folder.is_dir():
         if create_dir:
             folder.mkdir(parents=True)
diff --git a/tests/test_directory_operations.py b/tests/test_directory_operations.py
index a8058c514..a11200526 100644
--- a/tests/test_directory_operations.py
+++ b/tests/test_directory_operations.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # pragma pylint: disable=missing-docstring, protected-access, invalid-name
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 import pytest
 
-from freqtrade.configuration.directory_operations import (copy_sample_files, create_datadir,
-                                                          create_userdata_dir)
+from freqtrade.configuration.directory_operations import (chown_user_directory, copy_sample_files,
+                                                          create_datadir, create_userdata_dir)
 from freqtrade.exceptions import OperationalException
 from tests.conftest import log_has, log_has_re
 
@@ -31,6 +32,24 @@ def test_create_userdata_dir(mocker, default_conf, caplog) -> None:
     assert str(x) == str(Path("/tmp/bar"))
 
 
+def test_create_userdata_dir_and_chown(mocker, tmpdir, caplog) -> None:
+    sp_mock = mocker.patch('subprocess.check_output')
+    path = Path(tmpdir / 'bar')
+    assert not path.is_dir()
+
+    x = create_userdata_dir(str(path), create_dir=True)
+    assert sp_mock.call_count == 0
+    assert log_has(f'Created user-data directory: {path}', caplog)
+    assert isinstance(x, Path)
+    assert path.is_dir()
+    assert (path / 'data').is_dir()
+
+    os.environ['FT_APP_ENV'] = 'docker'
+    chown_user_directory(path / 'data')
+    assert sp_mock.call_count == 1
+    del os.environ['FT_APP_ENV']
+
+
 def test_create_userdata_dir_exists(mocker, default_conf, caplog) -> None:
     mocker.patch.object(Path, "is_dir", MagicMock(return_value=True))
     md = mocker.patch.object(Path, 'mkdir', MagicMock())