diff --git a/srcpkgs/mlocate/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/mlocate/INSTALL
index 6ca399ff9e..0a5911877d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mlocate/INSTALL
+++ b/srcpkgs/mlocate/INSTALL
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # INSTALL
 case "$ACTION" in
 post)
-	chown root:mlocate usr/bin/mlocate
+	chown root:_mlocate usr/bin/mlocate
 	chmod 2755 usr/bin/mlocate
 	;;
 esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mlocate/template b/srcpkgs/mlocate/template
index d1546622b0..e271ca95d1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mlocate/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mlocate/template
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'mlocate'
 pkgname=mlocate
 version=0.26
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--program-prefix=m --localstatedir=/var/lib"
-system_accounts="mlocate"
+make_build_args="groupname=_mlocate"
+make_install_args="${make_build_args}"
+system_accounts="_mlocate"
 make_dirs="/var/lib/mlocate 0755 root root"
 short_desc="Implementation of locate/updatedb that reuses the database"
 maintainer="Steve Prybylski <sa.prybylx@gmail.com>"