diff --git a/debian/freeswitch-systemd.freeswitch.service b/debian/freeswitch-systemd.freeswitch.service
index c7cf65e4d7..3ddae52112 100644
--- a/debian/freeswitch-systemd.freeswitch.service
+++ b/debian/freeswitch-systemd.freeswitch.service
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ PIDFile=/run/freeswitch/freeswitch.pid
 PermissionsStartOnly=true
 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/freeswitch
 ExecStartPre=/bin/chown freeswitch:freeswitch /run/freeswitch
+ExecStartPre=/bin/chown freeswitch:freeswitch /etc/freeswitch/tls
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/freeswitch -ncwait -nonat
 TimeoutSec=45s
 Restart=always