diff --git a/hooks/boot/01-kafo-hook-extensions.rb b/hooks/boot/01-kafo-hook-extensions.rb
index 32826ff4..25b13e2b 100644
--- a/hooks/boot/01-kafo-hook-extensions.rb
+++ b/hooks/boot/01-kafo-hook-extensions.rb
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ def execute!(command, do_say = true, do_log = true)
       log_and_say(:error, "#{command} failed! Check the output for error!", do_say, do_log)
       exit 1
     end
+    stdout_stderr
   end
 
   def execute_as!(user, command, do_say = true, do_log = true)
diff --git a/hooks/pre/35-change-evr-extension-ownership.rb b/hooks/pre/35-change-evr-extension-ownership.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ceb03e32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/pre/35-change-evr-extension-ownership.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+logger.notice("Updating ownership of the evr extension if it is enabled")
+result = execute!("runuser -l postgres -c \"psql -d foreman -c \\\"SELECT 1 from pg_extension WHERE extname='evr';\\\"\"", false, true)
+unless result.include? '(0 rows)'
+  execute!("runuser -l postgres -c \"psql -d foreman -c \\\"UPDATE pg_extension SET extowner = (SELECT oid FROM pg_authid WHERE rolname='foreman') WHERE extname='evr';\\\"\"", false, true)
+end