diff --git a/debian/goatherd.postinst b/debian/goatherd.postinst
index 4e93f091c95a25a782624d0421ba125807b48690..a5ca3e9a65ec054bde5f0063e8021c80a9856440 100644
--- a/debian/goatherd.postinst
+++ b/debian/goatherd.postinst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if test "$1" = "configure"; then
     fi
 
     if ! dpkg-statoverride --list $statedir >/dev/nill; then
-        dpkg-statoverride --quiet --update --add goatherd goatherd 0600 $statedir
+        dpkg-statoverride --quiet --update --add goatherd goatherd 0700 $statedir
     fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index bba8c0240383c8c67d63bdb65355937bc75ea2b7..cf06598b3cd0f38333774a6d2079a16eac66f8a7 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ export GOPATH := /usr/share/gocode
 override_dh_install:
 	dh_install
 	install -D -t $(CURDIR)/debian/goatherd/etc/ $(CURDIR)/debian/goatherd.conf
-	install -Dd -m 0600 $(CURDIR)/debian/goatherd/var/lib/goatherd
+	install -Dd -m 0700 $(CURDIR)/debian/goatherd/var/lib/goatherd