diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml
index c4bbe6391d..a89c96e7cc 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 - name: create a /var/run/fedmsg dir with setgid for monitoring.
   file: >
     dest=/var/run/fedmsg
-    mode=2775
+    mode=0775
     owner=fedmsg
     group=fedmsg
     state=directory