diff --git a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
index 12f29ccbcad9..8d0e03a74bbd 100644
--- a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
+++ b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$Id: BSD.var.dist,v 1.12 1994/05/20 22:50:37 jkh Exp $
+#	$Id: BSD.var.dist,v 1.13 1994/05/31 04:38:13 ache Exp $
 #
 
 /set type=dir uname=bin gname=bin mode=0755
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ spool
 	..
 	output
 	..
-	/set type=dir uname=uucp gname=uucp mode=0755
+	/set type=dir uname=uucp gname=uucp mode=0775
 	uucp
 		.Preserve	
 		..