diff --git a/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.dist b/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.dist
index 91911899..2b2da0b6 100644
--- a/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.dist
+++ b/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.dist
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: 4.4BSD.dist,v 1.53 1998/07/12 08:44:33 deraadt Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: 4.4BSD.dist,v 1.54 1998/07/20 20:00:30 deraadt Exp $
 
 /set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
 # .
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ spool		mode=0700
 ..
 
 # ./var/backups
-backups
+backups		mode=0700
 # ./var/backups
 ..
 
diff --git a/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.var b/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.var
index dd862a82..1ea8ab91 100644
--- a/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.var
+++ b/src/etc/mtree/4.4BSD.var
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: 4.4BSD.var,v 1.8 1998/03/25 07:34:15 beck Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: 4.4BSD.var,v 1.9 1998/07/20 20:00:34 deraadt Exp $
 #	$NetBSD: 4.4BSD.var,v 1.3 1996/05/12 23:30:47 thorpej Exp $
 #
 #	   user: bostic
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ past            type=dir gname=wheel mode=0755
 
 # ./backups
 /set type=file gname=wheel uname=root mode=0644
-backups         type=dir mode=0755
+backups         type=dir mode=0700
 # ./backups
 ..
 
diff --git a/src/etc/mtree/special b/src/etc/mtree/special
index c8a78eb6..4e32834a 100644
--- a/src/etc/mtree/special
+++ b/src/etc/mtree/special
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: special,v 1.19 1998/07/03 03:53:04 angelos Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: special,v 1.20 1998/07/20 20:00:35 deraadt Exp $
 #	$NetBSD: special,v 1.4 1996/05/08 21:30:18 pk Exp $
 #	@(#)special	8.2 (Berkeley) 1/23/94
 #
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ at		type=dir mode=0755 uname=root gname=daemon ignore
 ..	#var/at
 yp		type=dir mode=0755 uname=root gname=wheel optional ignore
 ..	#var/yp
-backups		type=dir mode=0755 uname=root gname=wheel ignore
+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