diff --git a/cmd/tailscaled/tailscaled.service b/cmd/tailscaled/tailscaled.service
index fb99e5bb6..98f812cdc 100644
--- a/cmd/tailscaled/tailscaled.service
+++ b/cmd/tailscaled/tailscaled.service
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ RuntimeDirectory=tailscale
 RuntimeDirectoryMode=0755
 StateDirectory=tailscale
 StateDirectoryMode=0750
+CacheDirectory=tailscale
+CacheDirectoryMode=0750
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target