diff --git a/modules/apt_server/manifests/init.pp b/modules/apt_server/manifests/init.pp
index aa72e1e7fd..ca001ad904 100644
--- a/modules/apt_server/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/apt_server/manifests/init.pp
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ class apt_server {
   }
 
   file {"/srv/packages/conf":
-    owner => 'root',
-    group => 'root',
-    mode => 555,
+    owner => 'jenkins',
+    group => 'jenkins',
+    mode => 755,
     ensure => directory,
-    require => File["/srv/packages"],
+    require => [File["/srv/packages"], User[jenkins]]
   }
 
   file {"/srv/packages/conf/distributions":