diff --git a/salt/suricata/init.sls b/salt/suricata/init.sls
index 5af9f591d..e4992890b 100644
--- a/salt/suricata/init.sls
+++ b/salt/suricata/init.sls
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ suridatadir:
     - name: /nsm/suricata/extracted
     - user: 940
     - group: 939
+    - mode: 770
     - makedirs: True
 
 surirulesync: