diff --git a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
index 8fefae055046..d203d60b194d 100644
--- a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
+++ b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 /set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755 tags=package=runtime
 .
-    account
+    account             mode=0750
     ..
     at
 /set uname=daemon