diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/5943-zfs_delegate_admin-fix-zfs-allow-cannot-parse-unknown-uid-gid.yml b/changelogs/fragments/5943-zfs_delegate_admin-fix-zfs-allow-cannot-parse-unknown-uid-gid.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f07ca8a9a58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5943-zfs_delegate_admin-fix-zfs-allow-cannot-parse-unknown-uid-gid.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - zfs_delegate_admin - zfs allow output can now be parsed when uids/gids are not known to the host system (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5943).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/zfs_delegate_admin.py b/plugins/modules/zfs_delegate_admin.py
index 36a213a0fef..d7ebd8022f1 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/zfs_delegate_admin.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/zfs_delegate_admin.py
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ def current_perms(self):
             scope = linemap.get(line, scope)
             if not scope:
                 continue
+            if ' (unknown: ' in line:
+                line = line.replace('(unknown: ', '', 1)
+                line = line.replace(')', '', 1)
             try:
                 if line.startswith('\tuser ') or line.startswith('\tgroup '):
                     ent_type, ent, cur_perms = line.split()