diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-sysv/skeleton/etc/fstab b/package/skeleton-init-sysv/skeleton/etc/fstab
index 169054b74f..06c20fe9d5 100644
--- a/package/skeleton-init-sysv/skeleton/etc/fstab
+++ b/package/skeleton-init-sysv/skeleton/etc/fstab
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /dev/root	/		ext2	rw,noauto	0	1
 proc		/proc		proc	defaults	0	0
 devpts		/dev/pts	devpts	defaults,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=0666	0	0
-tmpfs		/dev/shm	tmpfs	mode=0777	0	0
+tmpfs		/dev/shm	tmpfs	mode=1777	0	0
 tmpfs		/tmp		tmpfs	mode=1777	0	0
 tmpfs		/run		tmpfs	mode=0755,nosuid,nodev	0	0
 sysfs		/sys		sysfs	defaults	0	0