diff --git a/roles/copr/hypervisor/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/hypervisor/tasks/main.yml
index db7dbbc92b..29c7426e4a 100644
--- a/roles/copr/hypervisor/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/hypervisor/tasks/main.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 - name: create libvirt image directory
   file: path={{ image_pool_dir }}
-        owner=qemu group=qemu mode=0700
+        owner=qemu group=qemu mode=ug=rwx,g+s
         state=directory
   tags: libvirtd