diff --git a/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.dist b/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.dist
index 97cfbc3b..39737099 100644
--- a/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.dist
+++ b/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.dist
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: 4.4BSD.dist,v 1.123 2002/04/24 22:19:19 espie Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: 4.4BSD.dist,v 1.124 2002/05/09 21:22:01 millert Exp $
 
 /set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
 # .
@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@ crash		mode=770
 cron		mode=0555
 
 # ./var/cron/tabs
-tabs		mode=0700
+tabs		gname=crontab mode=1730
 # ./var/cron/tabs
 ..
 
diff --git a/src/etc/mtree/special b/src/etc/mtree/special
index a29d4863..ac49d57d 100644
--- a/src/etc/mtree/special
+++ b/src/etc/mtree/special
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: special,v 1.40 2002/02/13 04:53:54 marc Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: special,v 1.41 2002/05/09 21:22:01 millert Exp $
 #	$NetBSD: special,v 1.4 1996/05/08 21:30:18 pk Exp $
 #	@(#)special	8.2 (Berkeley) 1/23/94
 #
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ backups		type=dir mode=0700 uname=root gname=wheel ignore
 ..	#var/backups
 cron		type=dir mode=0555 uname=root gname=wheel
 log		type=file mode=0600 uname=root gname=wheel
-tabs		type=dir mode=0700 uname=root gname=wheel ignore
+tabs		type=dir mode=1730 uname=root gname=crontab ignore
 ..	#var/cron/tabs
 ..	#var/cron
 db		type=dir mode=0755 uname=root gname=wheel