diff --git a/daemonic/daemon.py b/daemonic/daemon.py
index b6af181..68c6e8b 100644
--- a/daemonic/daemon.py
+++ b/daemonic/daemon.py
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 import atexit
 import signal
 import time
+import pwd
 
-import pidfile
+import daemonic.pidfile
 
 class daemon(object):
     'Context manager for POSIX daemon processes'
@@ -22,10 +23,13 @@ def __init__(self,
                  stdin=None,
                  stdout=None,
                  stderr=None,
+                 user=None
                 ):
         self.pidfile = pidfile
         self.workingdir = workingdir
         self.umask = umask
+        self.daemon_user = user
+        self.old_env = os.environ.copy()
 
         devnull = os.open(os.devnull, os.O_RDWR)
         self.stdin = stdin.fileno() if stdin is not None else devnull
@@ -71,22 +75,39 @@ def daemonize(self):
         if self.pidfile is not None:
             pid = str(os.getpid())
             try:
-                pidfile.make_pidfile(self.pidfile, pid)
-            except pidfile.PIDFileError as e:
-                sys.stederr.write('Creating PID file failed. ({})'.format(e))
+                daemonic.pidfile.make_pidfile(self.pidfile, pid)
+            except daemonic.pidfile.PIDFileError as e:
+                sys.stderr.write('Creating PID file failed. ({})'.format(e))
                 os._exit(os.EX_OSERR)
+
+        # Change user if need
+        if self.daemon_user is not None:
+            pw_record = pwd.getpwnam(self.daemon_user)
+            user_name      = pw_record.pw_name
+            user_home_dir  = pw_record.pw_dir
+            user_uid       = pw_record.pw_uid
+            user_gid       = pw_record.pw_gid
+            env = os.environ.copy()
+            env[ 'HOME'     ]  = user_home_dir
+            env[ 'LOGNAME'  ]  = user_name
+            env[ 'USER'     ]  = user_name
+            os.setgid(user_gid)
+            os.setuid(user_uid)
+            os.environ = env
+
         atexit.register(self.stop)
 
     def stop(self):
+        os.environ = self.old_env
         if self.pidfile is not None:
-            pid = pidfile.readpid(self.pidfile)
+            pid = daemonic.pidfile.readpid(self.pidfile)
             try:
                 while True:
-                    os.kill(pid, signal.SIGTERM)
+                    os.kill(int(pid), signal.SIGTERM)
                     time.sleep(0.1)
             except OSError as e:
                 if e.errno == errno.ESRCH:
-                    pidfile.remove_pidfile(self.pidfile)
+                    daemonic.pidfile.remove_pidfile(self.pidfile)
                 else:
                     raise
 
@@ -96,6 +117,6 @@ def _getchildfork(n):
         if pid > 0:
             sys.exit(os.EX_OK) # Exit in parent
     except OSError as e:
-        sys.stederr.write('Fork #{} failed: {} ({})\n'.format(
+        sys.stderr.write('Fork #{} failed: {} ({})\n'.format(
             n, e.errno, e.strerror))
         os._exit(os.EX_OSERR)
diff --git a/daemonic/pidfile.py b/daemonic/pidfile.py
index 2b68b87..f03c6f0 100644
--- a/daemonic/pidfile.py
+++ b/daemonic/pidfile.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def is_pid_running(pid):
 
 def make_pidfile(path, pid):
     '''Create a PID file. '''
+    fd = None
     try:
         fd = os.open(path, os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL)
     except OSError as e: