diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/hydra/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/hydra/default.nix
index 9440382e66a1..87806d48e89f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/hydra/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/hydra/default.nix
@@ -310,7 +310,11 @@ in
 
           mkdir -m 0700 -p ${baseDir}/queue-runner
           mkdir -m 0750 -p ${baseDir}/build-logs
-          chown hydra-queue-runner:hydra ${baseDir}/queue-runner ${baseDir}/build-logs
+          mkdir -m 0750 -p ${baseDir}/runcommand-logs
+          chown hydra-queue-runner.hydra \
+            ${baseDir}/queue-runner \
+            ${baseDir}/build-logs \
+            ${baseDir}/runcommand-logs
 
           ${optionalString haveLocalDB ''
             if ! [ -e ${baseDir}/.db-created ]; then