diff --git a/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
index d44b8c0291..8cdf0b3948 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 - name: create all the directories where we store the git repos
   file: state=directory
                path={{ item }}
-               owner=root group=packager mode=0775
+               owner=root group=packager mode=2775
   with_items:
   - /srv/git/repositories/
   - /srv/git/repositories/forks