diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index 7027c6f..fe346f7 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ arkstUsePkgManager=''
 # Set this to allow variable expansion in variables sourced from arkmanager.cfg
 arkstRootUseEnv=''
 
+# Set this to override the command used to drop privileges
+arkstRunUserCommandOverride=''
+
 # Set this to override the main fork
 arkstGithubRepoOverride=''
 
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ doUpgradeToolsFromCommit(){
   sed -i -e "s|^arkstCommit='.*'|arkstCommit='${commit}'|" \
          -e "s|^arkstTag='.*'|arkstTag='${tagname}'|" \
          -e "s|^arkstRootUseEnv='.*'|arkstRootUseEnv='${arkstRootUseEnv}'|" \
+         -e "s|^arkstRunUserCommandOverride='.*'|arkstRunUserCommandOverride='${arkstRunUserCommandOverride}'|" \
          -e "s|^arkstGithubRepoOverride='.*'|arkstGithubRepoOverride='${arkstGithubRepoOverride}'|" \
          -e "s|^arkstGlobalCfgFileOverride='.*'|arkstGlobalCfgFileOverride='${arkstGlobalCfgFileOverride}'|" \
          -e "s|^arkstUserCfgFileOverride='.*'|arkstUserCfgFileOverride='${arkstUserCfgFileOverride}'|" \
@@ -239,7 +243,7 @@ runAsRoot(){
     exit 1
   else
     echo "Attempting to drop privileges; re-running as $steamcmd_user" >&2
-    exec /sbin/runuser "$steamcmd_user" -s "$steamcmd_user_shellexec" -c "$(printf "%q" "${arkstScriptPath}") --runfromroot$(printf " %q" "$@")"
+    exec "${arkstRunUserCommandOverride:-/sbin/runuser}" "$steamcmd_user" -s "$steamcmd_user_shellexec" -c "$(printf "%q" "${arkstScriptPath}") --runfromroot$(printf " %q" "$@")"
     exit 1
   fi
 }
@@ -4254,8 +4258,8 @@ main(){
         if [ -n "${arkstTag}" ]; then
           echo "Release Tag: ${arkstTag}"
         fi
-        blobsize="$(sed "s@^\\(arkst\\(Commit\\|Tag\\|RootUseEnv\\|UsePkgManager\\|GithubRepoOverride\\|GlobalCfgFileOverride\\|UserCfgFileOverride\\)\\)=.*@\\1=''@" "${arkstScriptPath}" | wc -c)"
-        echo "Blob SHA: $( (echo -ne "blob ${blobsize}\0"; sed "s@^\\(arkst\\(Commit\\|Tag\\|RootUseEnv\\|UsePkgManager\\|GithubRepoOverride\\|GlobalCfgFileOverride\\|UserCfgFileOverride\\)\\)=.*@\\1=''@" "${arkstScriptPath}") | sha1sum | cut -d' ' -f1)"
+        blobsize="$(sed "s@^\\(arkst\\(Commit\\|Tag\\|RootUseEnv\\|UsePkgManager\\|RunUserCommandOverride\\|GithubRepoOverride\\|GlobalCfgFileOverride\\|UserCfgFileOverride\\)\\)=.*@\\1=''@" "${arkstScriptPath}" | wc -c)"
+        echo "Blob SHA: $( (echo -ne "blob ${blobsize}\0"; sed "s@^\\(arkst\\(Commit\\|Tag\\|RootUseEnv\\|UsePkgManager\\|RunUserCommandOverride\\|GithubRepoOverride\\|GlobalCfgFileOverride\\|UserCfgFileOverride\\)\\)=.*@\\1=''@" "${arkstScriptPath}") | sha1sum | cut -d' ' -f1)"
         exit 1
       ;;
       -h|--help)