diff --git a/boot/boot-stage-2-init.sh b/boot/boot-stage-2-init.sh
index a5f94bf2ad2..121cf46e12a 100644
--- a/boot/boot-stage-2-init.sh
+++ b/boot/boot-stage-2-init.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ 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 none /dev/pts
+mount -t devpts -o mode=0600 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