diff --git a/srcpkgs/nix/template b/srcpkgs/nix/template
index e8990f50c3c..01dae113ead 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nix/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nix/template
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ nix_package() {
 		/nix/var/nix/manifests 0755 root root
 		/nix/var/nix/userpool 0755 root root
 		/nix/var/nix/db 0755 root root
-		/nix/store 1755 root nixbld"
+		/nix/store 1775 root nixbld"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove all
 	}