diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/admin.go b/src/yggdrasil/admin.go
index dea4577..50fdcf9 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/admin.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/admin.go
@@ -344,6 +344,11 @@ func (a *admin) listen() {
 		switch strings.ToLower(u.Scheme) {
 		case "unix":
 			a.listener, err = net.Listen("unix", a.listenaddr[7:])
+			if err == nil {
+				if err := os.Chmod(a.listenaddr[7:], 0660); err != nil {
+      		a.core.log.Printf("WARNING:", a.listenaddr[:7], "may have unsafe permissions!")
+      	}
+			}
 		case "tcp":
 			a.listener, err = net.Listen("tcp", u.Host)
 		default: