diff --git a/srcpkgs/netdata/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/netdata/INSTALL
index a0b2db750b9..f61e2afec09 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/netdata/INSTALL
+++ b/srcpkgs/netdata/INSTALL
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 case ${ACTION} in
 	post)
+		chown _netdata:_netdata var/lib/netdata/
 		chown _netdata:root var/lib/netdata/registry/
 		chown root usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/apps.plugin
 		chmod 0755 usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/apps.plugin
diff --git a/srcpkgs/netdata/template b/srcpkgs/netdata/template
index b9c94529851..580695401c1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/netdata/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/netdata/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'netdata'
 pkgname=netdata
 version=1.5.0
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel"