diff --git a/net-mgmt/mac-telnet/Makefile b/net-mgmt/mac-telnet/Makefile
index b92beb387b5b..6bf20c22e268 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/mac-telnet/Makefile
+++ b/net-mgmt/mac-telnet/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	mac-telnet
 PORTVERSION=	0.4.5.a1
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	net-mgmt net
 
 MAINTAINER=	marcus@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	MAC telnet client for connecting to MikroTik RouterOS devices
 WWW=		https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
 USES=		autoreconf libtool pkgconfig gettext ssl
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 
 GH_ACCOUNT=	haakonnessjoen
 GH_PROJECT=	MAC-Telnet
 GH_TAGNAME=	42d6271
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
 CONFIGURE_ENV+=	CRYPTO_CFLAGS="-I${OPENSSLINC}" CRYPTO_LIBS="-L${OPENSSLLIB} -lssl -lcrypto"
 
+post-install:
+	@${CHMOD} 0600 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/mactelnetd.users
+	@-${CHOWN} root ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/mactelnetd.users
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net-mgmt/mac-telnet/files/patch-config_Makefile.am b/net-mgmt/mac-telnet/files/patch-config_Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2fb5393598e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-mgmt/mac-telnet/files/patch-config_Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- config/Makefile.am.orig	2022-09-21 17:00:22 UTC
++++ config/Makefile.am
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ dist_sysconf_DATA = mactelnetd.users
+ 
+-install-exec-hook:
+-	       chmod 600 $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/mactelnetd.users
+-				 chown root $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/mactelnetd.users
++#install-exec-hook:
++#	       chmod 600 $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/mactelnetd.users
++#				 chown root $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/mactelnetd.users