diff --git a/rc.sysinit b/rc.sysinit
index 5d94de8..89d9c3c 100755
--- a/rc.sysinit
+++ b/rc.sysinit
@@ -336,7 +336,8 @@ stat_busy "Removing Leftover Files"
 /bin/rm -f /forcefsck &>/dev/null
 [[ -d /var/run ]] && /usr/bin/find /var/run/ \! -type d -delete
 : >| /var/run/utmp
-/bin/chmod 0664 /var/run/utmp
+/bin/chmod 0644 /var/run/utmp
+/bin/chown root:utmp /var/run/utmp
 # Keep {x,k,g}dm happy with xorg
 /bin/mkdir -m1777 /tmp/.{X11,ICE}-unix
 stat_done