diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
index 52dbb5f3f7..0e9aa677e3 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@
 #  file: src={{puppet_private}}/xmppnagios.ini dest=/etc/nagios/private/xmppnagios.ini mode=0660 owner=nagios group=nagios
 
 - name: Create log directory
-  file: dest=/var/log/nagios state=directory group=nagios owner=nagios mode=0644
+  file: dest=/var/log/nagios state=directory group=nagios owner=nagios mode=0755
 
 - name: Create spool directory
-  file: dest=/var/log/nagios/spool state=directory group=nagios owner=nagios mode=0644
+  file: dest=/var/log/nagios/spool state=directory group=nagios owner=nagios mode=0755
 
 - name: Create checkresults directory
-  file: dest=/var/log/nagios/spool/checkresults state=directory group=nagios owner=nagios mode=0644
+  file: dest=/var/log/nagios/spool/checkresults state=directory group=nagios owner=nagios mode=0755
 
 - name: Copy check_nagios_notifications.py
   copy: src=check_nagios_notifications.py dest=/usr/local/bin/check_nagios_notifications.py mode=0755 group=root owner=root