diff --git a/filemanager/package-lock.json b/filemanager/package-lock.json
index 6bbc12ec4..9ea951f29 100644
--- a/filemanager/package-lock.json
+++ b/filemanager/package-lock.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "combokeys": "^3.0.1",
         "filesize": "^10.0.7",
-        "pankow": "^0.0.8",
+        "pankow": "^0.0.9",
         "primeicons": "^6.0.1",
         "primevue": "^3.26.1",
         "superagent": "^8.0.9",
@@ -850,9 +850,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/pankow": {
-      "version": "0.0.8",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pankow/-/pankow-0.0.8.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-tFCT48NeTAZTPHbBjvXQgNP9oGEo12ENmA0ZspajK4tLlX93xykbUzAdO7MrauuixszGrQrVAb5Eb6yfmV57zQ==",
+      "version": "0.0.9",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pankow/-/pankow-0.0.9.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/tk9DJuHhiOwR2COcXWIEi7CQKaKskDNyPJzQb51AhjayHAZm3qWX1lbkc1h+gCbiW/1EQlNpP3HAkoiaz6gGA==",
       "dependencies": {
         "filesize": "^10.0.7",
         "monaco-editor": "^0.37.1",
diff --git a/filemanager/package.json b/filemanager/package.json
index d4e9ff4d8..049c2a202 100644
--- a/filemanager/package.json
+++ b/filemanager/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "combokeys": "^3.0.1",
     "filesize": "^10.0.7",
-    "pankow": "^0.0.8",
+    "pankow": "^0.0.9",
     "primeicons": "^6.0.1",
     "primevue": "^3.26.1",
     "superagent": "^8.0.9",
diff --git a/filemanager/src/models/DirectoryModel.js b/filemanager/src/models/DirectoryModel.js
index e1505b79c..e330c905b 100644
--- a/filemanager/src/models/DirectoryModel.js
+++ b/filemanager/src/models/DirectoryModel.js
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ export function createDirectoryModel(origin, accessToken, api) {
         .send({ action: 'rename', newFilePath: sanitize(toFilePath) })
         .query({ access_token: accessToken });
     },
+    async chown(filePath, uid) {
+      await superagent.put(`${origin}/api/v1/${api}/files/${filePath}`)
+        .send({ action: 'chown', uid: uid, recursive: true  })
+        .query({ access_token: accessToken });
+    },
     async save(filePath, content) {
       const file = new File([content], 'file');
       await superagent.post(`${origin}/api/v1/${api}/files/${filePath}`)
diff --git a/filemanager/src/views/Home.vue b/filemanager/src/views/Home.vue
index fc2a81d5b..96adefdeb 100644
--- a/filemanager/src/views/Home.vue
+++ b/filemanager/src/views/Home.vue
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@
             @item-activated="onItemActivated"
             :delete-handler="deleteHandler"
             :rename-handler="renameHandler"
+            :change-owner-handler="changeOwnerHandler"
             :copy-handler="copyHandler"
             :cut-handler="cutHandler"
             :items="items"
+            :owners-model="ownersModel"
           />
         </div>
         <div class="main-view-col" style="max-width: 300px;">
@@ -136,6 +138,19 @@ export default {
         busy: false,
         name: ''
       },
+      ownersModel: [{
+        uid: 0,
+        label: 'root'
+      }, {
+        uid: 33,
+        label: 'www-data'
+      }, {
+        uid: 1000,
+        label: 'cloudron'
+      }, {
+        uid: 1001,
+        label: 'git'
+      }],
       // contextMenuModel will have activeItem attached if any command() is called
       createMenuModel: [{
         label: 'File',
@@ -234,6 +249,15 @@ export default {
       await this.directoryModel.rename(buildFilePath(this.cwd, file.name), sanitize(this.cwd + '/' + newName));
       await this.loadCwd();
     },
+    async changeOwnerHandler(files, newOwnerUid) {
+      if (!files) return;
+
+      for (let i in files) {
+        await this.directoryModel.chown(buildFilePath(this.cwd, files[i].name), newOwnerUid);
+      }
+
+      await this.loadCwd();
+    },
     async copyHandler(files) {
       if (!files) return;