diff --git a/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix b/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
index ba02c6ead43..2eadde36e16 100644
--- a/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
+++ b/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ in
         preStart =
           ''
             mkdir -m 0750 -p ${mainCfg.stateDir}
-            chown root.wwwrun ${mainCfg.stateDir}
+            chown root.${mainCfg.group} ${mainCfg.stateDir}
             mkdir -m 0700 -p ${mainCfg.logDir}
 
             ${optionalString (mainCfg.documentRoot != null)