diff --git a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
index 2b5b37e01366..56c142611c28 100644
--- a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
+++ b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     ..
     msgs            uname=daemon
     ..
-    named           uname=root
+    named
     ..
     preserve
     ..