diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 33ff97d445e..71a0cecb78e 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -121,11 +121,15 @@ linters-settings:
     min-len: 3
     # minimal occurrences count to trigger, 3 by default
     min-occurrences: 3
-  # depguard:
-  #   list-type: blacklist
-  #   include-go-root: false
-  #   packages:
-  #     - github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew
+  depguard:
+    rules:
+      osuser:
+        files:
+          - "!**/osutil/user/*.go"
+        deny:
+          - pkg: "os/user"
+            desc: "Please use osutil/user instead. See https://github.com/canonical/snapd/pull/13776"
+
   misspell:
     # Correct spellings using locale preferences for US or UK.
     # Default is to use a neutral variety of English.