diff --git a/src/lib/common/log.c b/src/lib/common/log.c
index 2b9232e5..b7eda713 100644
--- a/src/lib/common/log.c
+++ b/src/lib/common/log.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ logerror(char *format, ...)
 	time(&now);
 	memcpy(buf, ctime(&now), ctime_len);
 	buf[ctime_len] = ' ';
-	if ((logf = open(logfile, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, 0666)) < 0)
+	if ((logf = open(logfile, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, 0660)) < 0)
 	    return;
 	write(logf, buf, strlen(buf));
 	close(logf);