diff --git a/bitnami/influxdb/1/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/influxdb/1/debian-10/Dockerfile
index bba5ee801882..8ae528c4fac8 100644
--- a/bitnami/influxdb/1/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/influxdb/1/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RUN chmod g+rwX /opt/bitnami
 COPY rootfs /
 RUN /opt/bitnami/scripts/influxdb/postunpack.sh
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="influxdb" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.8.3-debian-10-r93" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="1.8.3-debian-10-r94" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/common/bin:/opt/bitnami/influxdb/bin:$PATH"
 
 VOLUME [ "/bitnami/influxdb" ]
diff --git a/bitnami/influxdb/1/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh b/bitnami/influxdb/1/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
index cc45a19ce099..f38437a1d407 100644
--- a/bitnami/influxdb/1/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
+++ b/bitnami/influxdb/1/debian-10/prebuildfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libos.sh
@@ -37,14 +37,34 @@ group_exists() {
 # Create a group in the system if it does not exist already
 # Arguments:
 #   $1 - group
+# Flags:
+#   -s|--system - Whether to create new user as system user (uid <= 999)
 # Returns:
 #   None
 #########################
 ensure_group_exists() {
     local group="${1:?group is missing}"
+    local is_system_user=false
+
+    # Validate arguments
+    shift 1
+    while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
+        case "$1" in
+            -s|--system)
+                is_system_user=true
+                ;;
+            *)
+                echo "Invalid command line flag $1" >&2
+                return 1
+                ;;
+        esac
+        shift
+    done
 
     if ! group_exists "$group"; then
-        groupadd "$group" >/dev/null 2>&1
+        local -a args=("$group")
+        $is_system_user && args+=("--system")
+        groupadd "${args[@]}" >/dev/null 2>&1
     fi
 }
 
@@ -52,22 +72,60 @@ ensure_group_exists() {
 # Create an user in the system if it does not exist already
 # Arguments:
 #   $1 - user
-#   $2 - group
+# Flags:
+#   -g|--group - the group the new user should belong to
+#   -h|--home - the home directory for the new user
+#   -s|--system - whether to create new user as system user (uid <= 999)
 # Returns:
 #   None
 #########################
 ensure_user_exists() {
     local user="${1:?user is missing}"
-    local group="${2:-}"
+    local group=""
+    local home=""
+    local is_system_user=false
+
+    # Validate arguments
+    shift 1
+    while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
+        case "$1" in
+            -g|--group)
+                shift
+                group="${1:?missing group}"
+                ;;
+            -h|--home)
+                shift
+                home="${1:?missing home directory}"
+                ;;
+            -s|--system)
+                is_system_user=true
+                ;;
+            *)
+                echo "Invalid command line flag $1" >&2
+                return 1
+                ;;
+        esac
+        shift
+    done
 
     if ! user_exists "$user"; then
-        useradd "$user" >/dev/null 2>&1
+        local -a user_args=("-N" "$user")
+        $is_system_user && user_args+=("--system")
+        useradd "${user_args[@]}" >/dev/null 2>&1
     fi
 
     if [[ -n "$group" ]]; then
-        ensure_group_exists "$group"
+        local -a group_args=("$group")
+        $is_system_user && group_args+=("--system")
+        ensure_group_exists "${group_args[@]}"
         usermod -a -G "$group" "$user" >/dev/null 2>&1
     fi
+
+    if [[ -n "$home" ]]; then
+        mkdir -p "$home"
+        usermod -d "$home" "$user" >/dev/null 2>&1
+        configure_permissions_ownership "$home" -d "775" -f "664" -u "$user" -g "$group"
+    fi
 }
 
 ########################
diff --git a/bitnami/influxdb/1/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/influxdb/setup.sh b/bitnami/influxdb/1/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/influxdb/setup.sh
index 47a90e8e817a..feb466a60634 100755
--- a/bitnami/influxdb/1/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/influxdb/setup.sh
+++ b/bitnami/influxdb/1/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/influxdb/setup.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ eval "$(influxdb_env)"
 influxdb_validate
 # Ensure InfluxDB user and group exist when running as 'root'
 if am_i_root; then
-    ensure_user_exists "$INFLUXDB_DAEMON_USER" "$INFLUXDB_DAEMON_GROUP"
+    ensure_user_exists "$INFLUXDB_DAEMON_USER" --group "$INFLUXDB_DAEMON_GROUP"
     chown -R "$INFLUXDB_DAEMON_USER" "$INFLUXDB_DATA_DIR" "$INFLUXDB_CONF_DIR"
 fi
 # Ensure InfluxDB is stopped when this script ends.
diff --git a/bitnami/influxdb/README.md b/bitnami/influxdb/README.md
index 76a51a0c3ba9..9d916d5ba4a1 100644
--- a/bitnami/influxdb/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/influxdb/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Bitnami containers can be used with [Kubeapps](https://kubeapps.com/) for deploy
 Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling tags and immutable tags [in our documentation page](https://docs.bitnami.com/tutorials/understand-rolling-tags-containers/).
 
 
-* [`1`, `1-debian-10`, `1.8.3`, `1.8.3-debian-10-r93`, `latest` (1/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-influxdb/blob/1.8.3-debian-10-r93/1/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`1`, `1-debian-10`, `1.8.3`, `1.8.3-debian-10-r94`, `latest` (1/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-influxdb/blob/1.8.3-debian-10-r94/1/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
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