diff --git a/splunklib/client.py b/splunklib/client.py
index a9ae396a..21d27a6e 100644
--- a/splunklib/client.py
+++ b/splunklib/client.py
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ class Service(_BaseService):
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         super(Service, self).__init__(**kwargs)
         self._splunk_version = None
+        self._kvstore_owner = None
 
     @property
     def apps(self):
@@ -675,12 +676,34 @@ def splunk_version(self):
             self._splunk_version = tuple([int(p) for p in self.info['version'].split('.')])
         return self._splunk_version
 
+    @property
+    def kvstore_owner(self):
+        """Returns the KVStore owner for this instance of Splunk.
+
+        By default is the kvstore owner is not set, it will return "nobody"
+        :return: A string with the KVStore owner.
+        """
+        if self._kvstore_owner is None:
+            self._kvstore_owner = "nobody"
+        return self._kvstore_owner
+
+    @kvstore_owner.setter
+    def kvstore_owner(self, value):
+        """
+        kvstore is refreshed, when the owner value is changed
+        """
+        self._kvstore_owner = value
+        self.kvstore
+
     @property
     def kvstore(self):
         """Returns the collection of KV Store collections.
 
+        sets the owner for the namespace, before retrieving the KVStore Collection
+
         :return: A :class:`KVStoreCollections` collection of :class:`KVStoreCollection` entities.
         """
+        self.namespace['owner'] = self.kvstore_owner
         return KVStoreCollections(self)
 
     @property
diff --git a/tests/test_kvstore_batch.py b/tests/test_kvstore_batch.py
index 14806a69..d32b665e 100755
--- a/tests/test_kvstore_batch.py
+++ b/tests/test_kvstore_batch.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 class KVStoreBatchTestCase(testlib.SDKTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(KVStoreBatchTestCase, self).setUp()
-        self.service.namespace['owner'] = 'nobody'
+        #self.service.namespace['owner'] = 'nobody'
         self.service.namespace['app'] = 'search'
         confs = self.service.kvstore
         if ('test' in confs):
diff --git a/tests/test_kvstore_conf.py b/tests/test_kvstore_conf.py
index a587712e..a2453728 100755
--- a/tests/test_kvstore_conf.py
+++ b/tests/test_kvstore_conf.py
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@
 class KVStoreConfTestCase(testlib.SDKTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(KVStoreConfTestCase, self).setUp()
-        self.service.namespace['owner'] = 'nobody'
+        #self.service.namespace['owner'] = 'nobody'
         self.service.namespace['app'] = 'search'
         self.confs = self.service.kvstore
         if ('test' in self.confs):
             self.confs['test'].delete()
 
     def test_owner_restriction(self):
-        self.service.namespace['owner'] = 'admin'
+        self.service.kvstore_owner = 'admin'
         self.assertRaises(client.HTTPError, lambda: self.confs.list())
-        self.service.namespace['owner'] = 'nobody'
+        self.service.kvstore_owner = 'nobody'
 
     def test_create_delete_collection(self):
         self.confs.create('test')
diff --git a/tests/test_kvstore_data.py b/tests/test_kvstore_data.py
index 1551f1c6..6ddeae68 100755
--- a/tests/test_kvstore_data.py
+++ b/tests/test_kvstore_data.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 class KVStoreDataTestCase(testlib.SDKTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(KVStoreDataTestCase, self).setUp()
-        self.service.namespace['owner'] = 'nobody'
+        #self.service.namespace['owner'] = 'nobody'
         self.service.namespace['app'] = 'search'
         self.confs = self.service.kvstore
         if ('test' in self.confs):