diff --git a/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.dist b/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.dist
index 7dd5df5b..9fd868c9 100644
--- a/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.dist
+++ b/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.dist
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: 4.4BSD.dist,v 1.97 2000/07/20 00:31:43 mickey Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: 4.4BSD.dist,v 1.98 2000/10/12 17:22:21 aaron Exp $
 
 /set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
 # .
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ mnt
 ..
 
 # ./root
-root
+root		mode=0700
 # ./root
 ..