diff --git a/src/logging/virtlogd-admin.socket.in b/src/logging/virtlogd-admin.socket.in
index 595e6c4c4b..5c41dfeb7b 100644
--- a/src/logging/virtlogd-admin.socket.in
+++ b/src/logging/virtlogd-admin.socket.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Before=libvirtd.service
 [Socket]
 ListenStream=@localstatedir@/run/libvirt/virtlogd-admin-sock
 Service=virtlogd.service
+SocketMode=0600
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=sockets.target
diff --git a/src/logging/virtlogd.socket.in b/src/logging/virtlogd.socket.in
index 22b9360c8d..ae48cdab9a 100644
--- a/src/logging/virtlogd.socket.in
+++ b/src/logging/virtlogd.socket.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Before=libvirtd.service
 
 [Socket]
 ListenStream=@localstatedir@/run/libvirt/virtlogd-sock
+SocketMode=0600
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=sockets.target