diff --git a/logmngr/files/lib/logmngr/fluent-bit.sh b/logmngr/files/lib/logmngr/fluent-bit.sh
index dd3e61f56..6f2442c02 100644
--- a/logmngr/files/lib/logmngr/fluent-bit.sh
+++ b/logmngr/files/lib/logmngr/fluent-bit.sh
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ create_input_section() {
 
 	append_conf "[INPUT]"
 	append_conf "    name        syslog"
+	append_conf "    unix_perm   0666"
 	append_conf "    tag         $tag"
 	append_conf "    path        /dev/log"
 	append_conf ""