diff --git a/maildrop/.footprint b/maildrop/.footprint
index 72ad13e69..99448d085 100644
--- a/maildrop/.footprint
+++ b/maildrop/.footprint
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/lockmail
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/mailbot
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/maildirmake
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/maildrop
+-rwsr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/maildrop
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/makedat
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/makedatprog
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/makemime
diff --git a/maildrop/.md5sum b/maildrop/.md5sum
index 10b8b3260..bacee5488 100644
--- a/maildrop/.md5sum
+++ b/maildrop/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-15b7528ba5e7ab76e676596af6bcd1c9  maildrop-2.4.3.tar.bz2
+efdd9a1324aa0c5b427a77d305ed5ecb  maildrop-2.5.0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/maildrop/Pkgfile b/maildrop/Pkgfile
index c0fb4c46b..fa0e56143 100644
--- a/maildrop/Pkgfile
+++ b/maildrop/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Depends on:  gdbm libpcre
 
 name=maildrop
-version=2.4.3
+version=2.5.0
 release=1
 source=(http://dl.sourceforge.net/project/courier/$name/$version/$name-$version.tar.bz2)
 
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ build () {
     ./configure --prefix=/usr \
                 --mandir=/usr/man \
                 --with-db=gdbm \
+                --enable-maildrop-uid=root \
+                --enable-maildrop-gid=root \
                 --disable-tempdir \
                 --enable-syslog=1
     make
     make DESTDIR=$PKG install
-
-    chown root:root $PKG/usr/bin/{maildrop,lockmail}
+    
+    chmod u+s $PKG/usr/bin/maildrop
     rm -r $PKG/usr/{include,lib,man/man3,share}
 }