diff --git a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
index c4221999a618..63ab0151d89c 100644
--- a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
+++ b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         vi.recover      mode=01777
         ..
     ..
-    unbound		uname=unbound gname=unbound mode=0750
+    unbound         uname=unbound gname=unbound mode=0755
     ..
     yp
     ..