diff --git a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
index efef26bc2b..3df09abbf0 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@
   file: path=/etc/gitolite/conf owner=gen-acls group=gen-acls state=directory mode=0755
 
 - name: create the /etc/gitolite/logs directory
-  file: path=/etc/gitolite/logs owner=gen-acls group=packager state=directory mode=0765
+  file: path=/etc/gitolite/logs owner=gen-acls group=packager
+        state=directory mode=0775
 
 - name: create /etc/gitolite/gitolite.rc
   copy: src=gitolite.rc dest=/etc/gitolite/gitolite.rc owner=root group=root mode=0755