diff --git a/srcpkgs/wpa_supplicant/files/wpa_supplicant/log/run b/srcpkgs/wpa_supplicant/files/wpa_supplicant/log/run
index e819b778c2d..0309f17ce0f 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/wpa_supplicant/files/wpa_supplicant/log/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/wpa_supplicant/files/wpa_supplicant/log/run
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-[ -d /var/log/wpa_supplicant ] || mkdir -p /var/log/wpa_supplicant
+install -D -d -m0750 -o root -g wheel /var/log/wpa_supplicant
 echo "Logging to /var/log/wpa_supplicant/current"
 exec chpst -u root:daemon svlogd -t /var/log/wpa_supplicant