diff --git a/src/etc/mtree/special b/src/etc/mtree/special
index 783be4d7..2c7a3102 100644
--- a/src/etc/mtree/special
+++ b/src/etc/mtree/special
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: special,v 1.66 2005/06/08 20:11:38 deraadt Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: special,v 1.67 2005/12/28 00:06:11 david Exp $
 #	$NetBSD: special,v 1.4 1996/05/08 21:30:18 pk Exp $
 #	@(#)special	8.2 (Berkeley) 1/23/94
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ mem		type=char mode=0640 uname=root gname=kmem
 
 etc		type=dir mode=0755 uname=root gname=wheel
 bgpd.conf	type=file mode=0600 uname=root gname=wheel
-crontab		type=file mode=0644 uname=root gname=wheel optional
+crontab		type=file mode=0600 uname=root gname=wheel optional
 csh.cshrc	type=file mode=0644 uname=root gname=wheel
 csh.login	type=file mode=0644 uname=root gname=wheel
 csh.logout	type=file mode=0644 uname=root gname=wheel