diff --git a/srcpkgs/nethack/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/nethack/INSTALL
index c2572f904ac..9ff2ba84406 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nethack/INSTALL
+++ b/srcpkgs/nethack/INSTALL
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 case "${ACTION}" in
 post)
 	chown nethack:nethack usr/lib/nethack/nethack
-	chmod 04755 usr/lib/nethack/nethack
+	chmod 02755 usr/lib/nethack/nethack
 	touch var/games/nethack/logfile var/games/nethack/perm var/games/nethack/record
 	chown nethack:nethack var/games/nethack var/games/nethack/*
+	chmod 0775 var/games/nethack
+	chmod 0664 var/games/nethack/logfile var/games/nethack/perm var/games/nethack/record
 	;;
 esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nethack/template b/srcpkgs/nethack/template
index 3b1bcbd2e53..9964b375283 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nethack/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nethack/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'nethack'
 pkgname=nethack
 version=3.4.3
-revision=1
-make_dirs="/var/games/nethack/save 0755 nethack root"
+revision=2
+make_dirs="/var/games/nethack/save 0775 nethack nethack"
 system_accounts="$pkgname"
 nethack_homedir="/var/empty"
 hostmakedepends="ncurses-devel flex groff"