diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/tailscale.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/tailscale.nix
index 513c42b40117..4d6aeb75ebd1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/tailscale.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/tailscale.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ in {
         RuntimeDirectoryMode = 755;
 
         StateDirectory = "tailscale";
-        StateDirectoryMode = 700;
+        StateDirectoryMode = 750;
+
+        CacheDirectory = "tailscale";
+        CacheDirectoryMode = 750;
 
         Restart = "on-failure";
       };