diff --git a/etc/Makefile b/etc/Makefile
index 5fef3bf4f9ab..cd6eef26d94a 100644
--- a/etc/Makefile
+++ b/etc/Makefile
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ distribution:
 	    ${DESTDIR}/var/log/wtmp
 	${INSTALL} -c -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m 644 /dev/null \
 	    ${DESTDIR}/var/run/utmp
-	${INSTALL} -c -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m 664 ${.CURDIR}/minfree \
+	${INSTALL} -c -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m 644 ${.CURDIR}/minfree \
 	    ${DESTDIR}/var/crash
 	(cd ${.CURDIR}/..; \
 	    ${INSTALL} -c -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m 444 ${FREEBSD} \