diff --git a/lib/functions/froxlor/function.createAWStatsConf.php b/lib/functions/froxlor/function.createAWStatsConf.php
index a422739e..b9e9fcbf 100644
--- a/lib/functions/froxlor/function.createAWStatsConf.php
+++ b/lib/functions/froxlor/function.createAWStatsConf.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  * @return null
  */
 
-function createAWStatsConf($logFile, $siteDomain, $hostAliases, $customerDocroot)
+function createAWStatsConf($logFile, $siteDomain, $hostAliases, $customerDocroot, $awstats_params = array())
 {
 	global $pathtophpfiles, $settings;
 
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ function createAWStatsConf($logFile, $siteDomain, $hostAliases, $customerDocroot
 	{
 		safe_exec('mkdir -p '.escapeshellarg($awstats_dir));
 	}
+	// chown created folder, #258
+	makeChownWithNewStats($awstats_params);
 	
 	// weird but could happen...
 	if(!is_dir($settings['system']['awstats_conf']))
diff --git a/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.10.apache.php b/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.10.apache.php
index 2cbe042c..b9d8492e 100644
--- a/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.10.apache.php
+++ b/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.10.apache.php
@@ -611,7 +611,13 @@ class apache
 	
 				// After inserting the AWStats information, 
 				// be sure to build the awstats conf file as well
-				createAWStatsConf($this->settings['system']['logfiles_directory'] . $domain['loginname'] . $speciallogfile . '-access.log', $domain['domain'], $alias . $server_alias, $domain['customerroot']);
+				// and chown it using $awstats_params, #258
+				$awstats_param = array(
+					'loginname' => $domain['loginname'],
+					'guid' => $domain['guid'],
+					'documentroot' => $domain['documentroot']
+				);
+				createAWStatsConf($this->settings['system']['logfiles_directory'] . $domain['loginname'] . $speciallogfile . '-access.log', $domain['domain'], $alias . $server_alias, $domain['customerroot'], $awstats_params);
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.20.lighttpd.php b/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.20.lighttpd.php
index 48cc5899..439aa5e2 100644
--- a/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.20.lighttpd.php
+++ b/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.http.20.lighttpd.php
@@ -557,7 +557,13 @@ class lighttpd
 	
 				// After inserting the AWStats information, 
 				// be sure to build the awstats conf file as well
-				createAWStatsConf($this->settings['system']['logfiles_directory'] . $domain['loginname'] . $speciallogfile . '-access.log', $domain['domain'], $alias . $server_alias, $domain['customerroot']);
+				// and chown it using $awstats_params, #258
+				$awstats_param = array(
+					'loginname' => $domain['loginname'],
+					'guid' => $domain['guid'],
+					'documentroot' => $domain['documentroot']
+				);
+				createAWStatsConf($this->settings['system']['logfiles_directory'] . $domain['loginname'] . $speciallogfile . '-access.log', $domain['domain'], $alias . $server_alias, $domain['customerroot'], $awstats_param);
 			}
 		}