diff --git a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
index 9d17af67a02..62015b51a0e 100644
--- a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
+++ b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@
         phantasia
         ..
     ..
-/set gname=wheel mode=0755
+/set gname=wheel mode=0700
+    heimdal
+    ..
+/set mode=0755
     log
     ..
     mail            gname=mail mode=0775