diff --git a/srcpkgs/dcron/template b/srcpkgs/dcron/template
index 3051e3475a8..22bff34c88b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dcron/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dcron/template
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ do_configure() {
 }
 do_build() {
 	make CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIE" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -pie" \
-		PREFIX=/usr CRONTAB_GROUP=users CRONTABS=/var/spool/cron \
+		PREFIX=/usr CRONTAB_GROUP=$(whoami) CRONTABS=/var/spool/cron \
 		CRONSTAMPS=/var/spool/cronstamps ${makejobs}
 }
 do_install() {