Abstract: In a roof rack fastening arrangement for motor vehicle bodies, having a longitudinal flat roof gutter which forms a covered drip molding and is covered by a decorative strip towards the outside and in which bracket shaped holding plates for the supporting feet of a roof rack are secured at specific positions, bracket shaped holding plates are provided on both sides of their central raised bracket portion with supporting flanges which are raised on one longitudinal side and on which the supporting feet of a roof rack rest and on the supporting feet Z-shaped clamping fittings are supported which can be tensioned by way of fastening screws and which are supported below their fastening screw on the supporting feet in such a way that they engage with their holding flanges under the raised bracket portion from the inside and by tightening the fastening screw they tension the supporting feet downwardly and outwardly.