diff --git a/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc b/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
index 34f8ab5f1..b7084384a 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
@@ -177,9 +177,38 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::tryLocalBuild() {
         return;
     }
 
+    /* Are we doing a chroot build? */
+    {
+        auto noChroot = parsedDrv->getBoolAttr("__noChroot");
+        if (settings.sandboxMode == smEnabled) {
+            if (noChroot)
+                throw Error("derivation '%s' has '__noChroot' set, "
+                    "but that's not allowed when 'sandbox' is 'true'", worker.store.printStorePath(drvPath));
+#if __APPLE__
+            if (additionalSandboxProfile != "")
+                throw Error("derivation '%s' specifies a sandbox profile, "
+                    "but this is only allowed when 'sandbox' is 'relaxed'", worker.store.printStorePath(drvPath));
+#endif
+            useChroot = true;
+        }
+        else if (settings.sandboxMode == smDisabled)
+            useChroot = false;
+        else if (settings.sandboxMode == smRelaxed)
+            useChroot = derivationType.isSandboxed() && !noChroot;
+    }
+
+    auto & localStore = getLocalStore();
+    if (localStore.storeDir != localStore.realStoreDir.get()) {
+        #if __linux__
+            useChroot = true;
+        #else
+            throw Error("building using a diverted store is not supported on this platform");
+        #endif
+    }
+
     if (useBuildUsers()) {
         if (!buildUser)
-            buildUser = acquireUserLock(parsedDrv->useUidRange() ? 65536 : 1);
+            buildUser = acquireUserLock(parsedDrv->useUidRange() ? 65536 : 1, useChroot);
 
         if (!buildUser) {
             if (!actLock)
@@ -433,35 +462,6 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::startBuilder()
     additionalSandboxProfile = parsedDrv->getStringAttr("__sandboxProfile").value_or("");
 #endif
 
-    /* Are we doing a chroot build? */
-    {
-        auto noChroot = parsedDrv->getBoolAttr("__noChroot");
-        if (settings.sandboxMode == smEnabled) {
-            if (noChroot)
-                throw Error("derivation '%s' has '__noChroot' set, "
-                    "but that's not allowed when 'sandbox' is 'true'", worker.store.printStorePath(drvPath));
-#if __APPLE__
-            if (additionalSandboxProfile != "")
-                throw Error("derivation '%s' specifies a sandbox profile, "
-                    "but this is only allowed when 'sandbox' is 'relaxed'", worker.store.printStorePath(drvPath));
-#endif
-            useChroot = true;
-        }
-        else if (settings.sandboxMode == smDisabled)
-            useChroot = false;
-        else if (settings.sandboxMode == smRelaxed)
-            useChroot = derivationType.isSandboxed() && !noChroot;
-    }
-
-    auto & localStore = getLocalStore();
-    if (localStore.storeDir != localStore.realStoreDir.get()) {
-        #if __linux__
-            useChroot = true;
-        #else
-            throw Error("building using a diverted store is not supported on this platform");
-        #endif
-    }
-
     /* Create a temporary directory where the build will take
        place. */
     tmpDir = createTempDir("", "nix-build-" + std::string(drvPath.name()), false, false, 0700);
diff --git a/src/libstore/lock.cc b/src/libstore/lock.cc
index 4fad3bfd2..3b93979a8 100644
--- a/src/libstore/lock.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/lock.cc
@@ -109,22 +109,18 @@ struct AutoUserLock : UserLock
 {
     AutoCloseFD fdUserLock;
     uid_t firstUid = 0;
+    gid_t firstGid = 0;
     uid_t nrIds = 1;
 
     uid_t getUID() override { assert(firstUid); return firstUid; }
 
     gid_t getUIDCount() override { return nrIds; }
 
-    gid_t getGID() override
-    {
-        // We use the same GID ranges as for the UIDs.
-        assert(firstUid);
-        return firstUid;
-    }
+    gid_t getGID() override { assert(firstGid); return firstGid; }
 
     std::vector<gid_t> getSupplementaryGIDs() override { return {}; }
 
-    static std::unique_ptr<UserLock> acquire(uid_t nrIds)
+    static std::unique_ptr<UserLock> acquire(uid_t nrIds, bool useChroot)
     {
         settings.requireExperimentalFeature(Xp::AutoAllocateUids);
         assert(settings.startId > 0);
@@ -154,6 +150,14 @@ struct AutoUserLock : UserLock
                 auto lock = std::make_unique<AutoUserLock>();
                 lock->fdUserLock = std::move(fd);
                 lock->firstUid = settings.startId + i * maxIdsPerBuild;
+                if (useChroot)
+                    lock->firstGid = lock->firstUid;
+                else {
+                    struct group * gr = getgrnam(settings.buildUsersGroup.get().c_str());
+                    if (!gr)
+                        throw Error("the group '%s' specified in 'build-users-group' does not exist", settings.buildUsersGroup);
+                    lock->firstGid = gr->gr_gid;
+                }
                 lock->nrIds = nrIds;
                 return lock;
             }
@@ -163,10 +167,10 @@ struct AutoUserLock : UserLock
     }
 };
 
-std::unique_ptr<UserLock> acquireUserLock(uid_t nrIds)
+std::unique_ptr<UserLock> acquireUserLock(uid_t nrIds, bool useChroot)
 {
     if (settings.autoAllocateUids)
-        return AutoUserLock::acquire(nrIds);
+        return AutoUserLock::acquire(nrIds, useChroot);
     else
         return SimpleUserLock::acquire();
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/lock.hh b/src/libstore/lock.hh
index e7ceefab8..49ad86de7 100644
--- a/src/libstore/lock.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/lock.hh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct UserLock
 
 /* Acquire a user lock for a UID range of size `nrIds`. Note that this
    may return nullptr if no user is available. */
-std::unique_ptr<UserLock> acquireUserLock(uid_t nrIds);
+std::unique_ptr<UserLock> acquireUserLock(uid_t nrIds, bool useChroot);
 
 bool useBuildUsers();