diff --git a/modules/system/boot/stage-2-init.sh b/modules/system/boot/stage-2-init.sh
index 5343aa9eae99..adab3bf5d06d 100644
--- a/modules/system/boot/stage-2-init.sh
+++ b/modules/system/boot/stage-2-init.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ mount -t tmpfs -o "mode=0755" none /dev
 mkdir -m 0777 /dev/shm
 mount -t tmpfs -o "rw,nosuid,nodev" tmpfs /dev/shm
 mkdir -m 0755 -p /dev/pts
-mount -t devpts -o mode=0600 none /dev/pts 
+mount -t devpts -o mode=0600,gid=@ttyGid@ none /dev/pts 
 [ -e /proc/bus/usb ] && mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb # uml doesn't have usb by default
 mkdir -m 01777 -p /tmp 
 mkdir -m 0755 -p /var
diff --git a/modules/system/boot/stage-2.nix b/modules/system/boot/stage-2.nix
index 5c3c3560be32..2e5e2e524dd7 100644
--- a/modules/system/boot/stage-2.nix
+++ b/modules/system/boot/stage-2.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ let
     src = ./stage-2-init.sh;
     isExecutable = true;
     inherit kernel activateConfiguration;
+    ttyGid = config.ids.gids.tty;
     upstart = config.system.build.upstart;
     path =
       [ coreutils