diff --git a/net/apache/files/apache2.init b/net/apache/files/apache2.init
index a0136c841..df2e2646e 100644
--- a/net/apache/files/apache2.init
+++ b/net/apache/files/apache2.init
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ restart() {
 }
 
 start() {
-	mkdir -p /var/log/apache2 /var/run/apache2
+	mkdir -p -m 0750 /var/log/apache2
+	mkdir -p /var/run/apache2
 	apachectl -k start
 }