diff --git a/cfg/1.8/node.yaml b/cfg/1.8/node.yaml
index e4cd2492ebe080cf16bcabb9138b09a4cacdebeb..7d433566caecfabf4de41045fc52c05403e33e01 100644
--- a/cfg/1.8/node.yaml
+++ b/cfg/1.8/node.yaml
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ groups:
 
     - id: 2.2.6
       text: "Ensure that the proxy kubeconfig file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
+      audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $proxyconf; then stat -c %U:%G $proxyconf; fi'"
       tests:
         test_items:
         - flag: "root:root"