diff --git a/.changelog/24157.txt b/.changelog/24157.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f758fa8c2db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/24157.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+getter: Added option to chown artifact(s) to task user
+```
diff --git a/api/tasks.go b/api/tasks.go
index d1a9ee53c90..21d99bf4c2c 100644
--- a/api/tasks.go
+++ b/api/tasks.go
@@ -864,6 +864,7 @@ type TaskArtifact struct {
 	GetterMode     *string           `mapstructure:"mode" hcl:"mode,optional"`
 	GetterInsecure *bool             `mapstructure:"insecure" hcl:"insecure,optional"`
 	RelativeDest   *string           `mapstructure:"destination" hcl:"destination,optional"`
+	Chown          bool              `mapstructure:"chown" hcl:"chown,optional"`
 }
 
 func (a *TaskArtifact) Canonicalize() {
diff --git a/api/tasks_test.go b/api/tasks_test.go
index 675e5df998d..f860fa16d04 100644
--- a/api/tasks_test.go
+++ b/api/tasks_test.go
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ func TestTask_Artifact(t *testing.T) {
 	must.Eq(t, "local/foo.txt", filepath.ToSlash(*a.RelativeDest))
 	must.Nil(t, a.GetterOptions)
 	must.Nil(t, a.GetterHeaders)
+	must.Eq(t, false, a.Chown)
 }
 
 func TestTask_VolumeMount(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/artifact_hook.go b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/artifact_hook.go
index 600328e0126..833b2fc4492 100644
--- a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/artifact_hook.go
+++ b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/artifact_hook.go
@@ -31,7 +31,14 @@ func newArtifactHook(e ti.EventEmitter, getter ci.ArtifactGetter, logger log.Log
 	return h
 }
 
-func (h *artifactHook) doWork(req *interfaces.TaskPrestartRequest, resp *interfaces.TaskPrestartResponse, jobs chan *structs.TaskArtifact, errorChannel chan error, wg *sync.WaitGroup, responseStateMutex *sync.Mutex) {
+func (h *artifactHook) doWork(
+	req *interfaces.TaskPrestartRequest,
+	resp *interfaces.TaskPrestartResponse,
+	jobs chan *structs.TaskArtifact,
+	errorChannel chan error,
+	wg *sync.WaitGroup,
+	responseStateMutex *sync.Mutex,
+) {
 	defer wg.Done()
 	for artifact := range jobs {
 		aid := artifact.Hash()
@@ -45,7 +52,7 @@ func (h *artifactHook) doWork(req *interfaces.TaskPrestartRequest, resp *interfa
 
 		h.logger.Debug("downloading artifact", "artifact", artifact.GetterSource, "aid", aid)
 
-		if err := h.getter.Get(req.TaskEnv, artifact); err != nil {
+		if err := h.getter.Get(req.TaskEnv, artifact, req.Task.User); err != nil {
 			wrapped := structs.NewRecoverableError(
 				fmt.Errorf("failed to download artifact %q: %v", artifact.GetterSource, err),
 				true,
diff --git a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/params.go b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/params.go
index f8352556d12..7fd60b3497b 100644
--- a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/params.go
+++ b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/params.go
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ type parameters struct {
 	// Task Filesystem
 	AllocDir string `json:"alloc_dir"`
 	TaskDir  string `json:"task_dir"`
+	User     string `json:"user"`
+	Chown    bool   `json:"chown"`
 }
 
 func (p *parameters) reader() io.Reader {
diff --git a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/params_test.go b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/params_test.go
index 0a11cd44ea1..a7320dd5cdb 100644
--- a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/params_test.go
+++ b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/params_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ const paramsAsJSON = `
     "X-Nomad-Artifact": ["hi"]
   },
   "alloc_dir": "/path/to/alloc",
-  "task_dir": "/path/to/alloc/task"
+  "task_dir": "/path/to/alloc/task",
+  "chown": true,
+  "user":"nobody"
 }`
 
 var paramsAsStruct = &parameters{
@@ -65,6 +67,8 @@ var paramsAsStruct = &parameters{
 	Headers: map[string][]string{
 		"X-Nomad-Artifact": {"hi"},
 	},
+	User:  "nobody",
+	Chown: true,
 }
 
 func TestParameters_reader(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/sandbox.go b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/sandbox.go
index a4855beb801..2d6a1c1c38a 100644
--- a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/sandbox.go
+++ b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/sandbox.go
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ type Sandbox struct {
 	ac     *config.ArtifactConfig
 }
 
-func (s *Sandbox) Get(env interfaces.EnvReplacer, artifact *structs.TaskArtifact) error {
-	s.logger.Debug("get", "source", artifact.GetterSource, "destination", artifact.RelativeDest)
+func (s *Sandbox) Get(env interfaces.EnvReplacer, artifact *structs.TaskArtifact, user string) error {
+	s.logger.Debug("get", "source", artifact.GetterSource, "destination", artifact.RelativeDest, "user", user)
 
 	source, err := getURL(env, artifact)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -66,10 +66,13 @@ func (s *Sandbox) Get(env interfaces.EnvReplacer, artifact *structs.TaskArtifact
 		// task filesystem
 		AllocDir: allocDir,
 		TaskDir:  taskDir,
+		User:     user,
+		Chown:    artifact.Chown,
 	}
 
 	if err = s.runCmd(params); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/sandbox_test.go b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/sandbox_test.go
index 7906c7668fa..1b09118b726 100644
--- a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/sandbox_test.go
+++ b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/sandbox_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ func TestSandbox_Get_http(t *testing.T) {
 		RelativeDest: "local/downloads",
 	}
 
-	err := sbox.Get(env, artifact)
+	err := sbox.Get(env, artifact, "nobody")
 	must.NoError(t, err)
 
 	b, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(taskDir, "local", "downloads", "go.mod"))
@@ -74,11 +75,37 @@ func TestSandbox_Get_insecure_http(t *testing.T) {
 		RelativeDest: "local/downloads",
 	}
 
-	err := sbox.Get(env, artifact)
+	err := sbox.Get(env, artifact, "nobody")
 	must.Error(t, err)
 	must.StrContains(t, err.Error(), "x509: certificate signed by unknown authority")
 
 	artifact.GetterInsecure = true
-	err = sbox.Get(env, artifact)
+	err = sbox.Get(env, artifact, "nobody")
 	must.NoError(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestSandbox_Get_chown(t *testing.T) {
+	testutil.RequireRoot(t)
+	logger := testlog.HCLogger(t)
+
+	ac := artifactConfig(10 * time.Second)
+	sbox := New(ac, logger)
+
+	_, taskDir := SetupDir(t)
+	env := noopTaskEnv(taskDir)
+
+	artifact := &structs.TaskArtifact{
+		GetterSource: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hashicorp/go-set/main/go.mod",
+		RelativeDest: "local/downloads",
+		Chown:        true,
+	}
+
+	err := sbox.Get(env, artifact, "nobody")
+	must.NoError(t, err)
+
+	info, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(taskDir, "local", "downloads"))
+	must.NoError(t, err)
+
+	uid := info.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t).Uid
+	must.Eq(t, 65534, uid) // nobody's conventional uid
+}
diff --git a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/util.go b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/util.go
index afe961fe83c..a2a0cd25594 100644
--- a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/util.go
+++ b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/util.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-getter"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/interfaces"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper/subproc"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper/users"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
 )
 
@@ -84,6 +86,32 @@ func getMode(artifact *structs.TaskArtifact) getter.ClientMode {
 	}
 }
 
+func chownDestination(destination, username string) error {
+	if destination == "" || username == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if os.Geteuid() != 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	uid, gid, _, err := users.LookupUnix(username)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return filepath.Walk(destination, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return os.Chown(path, uid, gid)
+	})
+}
+
 func isInsecure(artifact *structs.TaskArtifact) bool {
 	return artifact.GetterInsecure
 }
diff --git a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/z_getter_cmd.go b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/z_getter_cmd.go
index 0dae2b67e2f..f5971081553 100644
--- a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/z_getter_cmd.go
+++ b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/getter/z_getter_cmd.go
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ func init() {
 			return subproc.ExitFailure
 		}
 
+		// chown the resulting artifact to the task user, but only if configured
+		// to do so in the artifact block (for compatibility)
+		if env.Chown {
+			err := chownDestination(env.Destination, env.User)
+			if err != nil {
+				subproc.Print("failed to chown artifact: %v", err)
+				return subproc.ExitFailure
+			}
+		}
+
 		subproc.Print("artifact download was a success")
 		return subproc.ExitSuccess
 	})
diff --git a/client/interfaces/client.go b/client/interfaces/client.go
index 796c52250fa..a5da62cc82e 100644
--- a/client/interfaces/client.go
+++ b/client/interfaces/client.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type EnvReplacer interface {
 // ArtifactGetter is an interface satisfied by the getter package.
 type ArtifactGetter interface {
 	// Get artifact and put it in the task directory.
-	Get(EnvReplacer, *structs.TaskArtifact) error
+	Get(EnvReplacer, *structs.TaskArtifact, string) error
 }
 
 // ProcessWranglers is an interface satisfied by the proclib package.
diff --git a/command/agent/job_endpoint.go b/command/agent/job_endpoint.go
index 4eba764fbeb..4427fdd4cb2 100644
--- a/command/agent/job_endpoint.go
+++ b/command/agent/job_endpoint.go
@@ -1426,6 +1426,7 @@ func ApiTaskToStructsTask(job *structs.Job, group *structs.TaskGroup,
 					GetterMode:     *ta.GetterMode,
 					GetterInsecure: *ta.GetterInsecure,
 					RelativeDest:   *ta.RelativeDest,
+					Chown:          ta.Chown,
 				})
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/command/agent/job_endpoint_test.go b/command/agent/job_endpoint_test.go
index def1fde1240..36eefa41b9c 100644
--- a/command/agent/job_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/job_endpoint_test.go
@@ -2924,6 +2924,7 @@ func TestJobs_ApiJobToStructsJob(t *testing.T) {
 								},
 								GetterMode:   pointer.Of("dir"),
 								RelativeDest: pointer.Of("dest"),
+								Chown:        true,
 							},
 						},
 						Vault: &api.Vault{
@@ -3371,6 +3372,7 @@ func TestJobs_ApiJobToStructsJob(t *testing.T) {
 								},
 								GetterMode:   "dir",
 								RelativeDest: "dest",
+								Chown:        true,
 							},
 						},
 						Vault: &structs.Vault{
diff --git a/nomad/structs/diff_test.go b/nomad/structs/diff_test.go
index 000676592f1..24755d900fd 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/diff_test.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/diff_test.go
@@ -6059,6 +6059,7 @@ func TestTaskDiff(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 						GetterMode:   "dir",
 						RelativeDest: "bar",
+						Chown:        false,
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -6082,6 +6083,7 @@ func TestTaskDiff(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 						GetterMode:   "file",
 						RelativeDest: "bam",
+						Chown:        true,
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -6104,6 +6106,12 @@ func TestTaskDiff(t *testing.T) {
 						Type: DiffTypeAdded,
 						Name: "Artifact",
 						Fields: []*FieldDiff{
+							{
+								Type: DiffTypeAdded,
+								Name: "Chown",
+								Old:  "",
+								New:  "true",
+							},
 							{
 								Type: DiffTypeAdded,
 								Name: "GetterHeaders[User-Agent]",
@@ -6152,13 +6160,18 @@ func TestTaskDiff(t *testing.T) {
 						Type: DiffTypeDeleted,
 						Name: "Artifact",
 						Fields: []*FieldDiff{
+							{
+								Type: DiffTypeDeleted,
+								Name: "Chown",
+								Old:  "false",
+								New:  "",
+							},
 							{
 								Type: DiffTypeDeleted,
 								Name: "GetterHeaders[User]",
 								Old:  "user1",
 								New:  "",
 							},
-
 							{
 								Type: DiffTypeDeleted,
 								Name: "GetterInsecure",
diff --git a/nomad/structs/structs.go b/nomad/structs/structs.go
index 6f3ab818c16..d29a2ae7692 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/structs.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/structs.go
@@ -9807,6 +9807,11 @@ type TaskArtifact struct {
 	// RelativeDest is the download destination given relative to the task's
 	// directory.
 	RelativeDest string
+
+	// Chown the resulting files and directories to the user of the task.
+	//
+	// Defaults to false.
+	Chown bool
 }
 
 func (ta *TaskArtifact) Equal(o *TaskArtifact) bool {
@@ -9826,6 +9831,8 @@ func (ta *TaskArtifact) Equal(o *TaskArtifact) bool {
 		return false
 	case ta.RelativeDest != o.RelativeDest:
 		return false
+	case ta.Chown != o.Chown:
+		return false
 	}
 	return true
 }
@@ -9841,6 +9848,7 @@ func (ta *TaskArtifact) Copy() *TaskArtifact {
 		GetterMode:     ta.GetterMode,
 		GetterInsecure: ta.GetterInsecure,
 		RelativeDest:   ta.RelativeDest,
+		Chown:          ta.Chown,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -9882,6 +9890,7 @@ func (ta *TaskArtifact) Hash() string {
 	_, _ = h.Write([]byte(ta.GetterMode))
 	_, _ = h.Write([]byte(strconv.FormatBool(ta.GetterInsecure)))
 	_, _ = h.Write([]byte(ta.RelativeDest))
+	_, _ = h.Write([]byte(strconv.FormatBool(ta.Chown)))
 	return base64.RawStdEncoding.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil))
 }
 
diff --git a/nomad/structs/structs_test.go b/nomad/structs/structs_test.go
index c4105d822f1..9f739137444 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/structs_test.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/structs_test.go
@@ -5065,6 +5065,17 @@ func TestTaskArtifact_Hash(t *testing.T) {
 			GetterInsecure: true,
 			RelativeDest:   "i",
 		},
+		{
+			GetterSource: "b",
+			GetterOptions: map[string]string{
+				"c": "c",
+				"d": "e",
+			},
+			GetterMode:     "g",
+			GetterInsecure: true,
+			RelativeDest:   "i",
+			Chown:          true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Map of hash to source
@@ -7860,7 +7871,7 @@ func TestTaskArtifact_Equal(t *testing.T) {
 	ci.Parallel(t)
 
 	must.Equal[*TaskArtifact](t, nil, nil)
-	must.NotEqual[*TaskArtifact](t, nil, new(TaskArtifact))
+	must.NotEqual(t, nil, new(TaskArtifact))
 
 	must.StructEqual(t, &TaskArtifact{
 		GetterSource:  "source",
@@ -7883,7 +7894,11 @@ func TestTaskArtifact_Equal(t *testing.T) {
 	}, {
 		Field: "RelativeDest",
 		Apply: func(ta *TaskArtifact) { ta.RelativeDest = "./alloc" },
-	}})
+	}, {
+		Field: "Chown",
+		Apply: func(ta *TaskArtifact) { ta.Chown = true },
+	},
+	})
 }
 
 func TestVault_Equal(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/website/content/docs/job-specification/artifact.mdx b/website/content/docs/job-specification/artifact.mdx
index 3960f80b353..fc791862f56 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/job-specification/artifact.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/job-specification/artifact.mdx
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ automatically unarchived before the starting the task.
 - `source` `(string: <required>)` - Specifies the URL of the artifact to download.
   See [`go-getter`][go-getter] for details.
 
+- `chown` `(bool: false)` - Specifies whether Nomad should recursively `chown`
+  the downloaded artifact to be owned by the [`task.user`][task_user] uid and gid.
+
 ## Operation Limits
 
 The client [`artifact`][client_artifact] configuration can set limits to
@@ -279,5 +282,6 @@ client configuration.
 [s3-region-endpoints]: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#s3_region 'Amazon S3 Region Endpoints'
 [iam-instance-profiles]: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_use_switch-role-ec2_instance-profiles.html 'EC2 IAM instance profiles'
 [task's working directory]: /nomad/docs/runtime/environment#task-directories 'Task Directories'
+[task_user]: /nomad/docs/job-specification/task#user
 [filesystem internals]: /nomad/docs/concepts/filesystem#templates-artifacts-and-dispatch-payloads
 [do_spaces]: https://www.digitalocean.com/products/spaces