diff --git a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
index 6a9a7f49426..196ee42ad19 100644
--- a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
+++ b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
         remote          uname=auditdistd gname=wheel mode=0700
         ..
     ..
+    authpf              uname=root gname=authpf mode=0770
+    ..
 /set gname=wheel
     backups
     ..