diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 9659cae..9fb0f73 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@
   $custom_decompression_filter   = $::barman::settings::custom_decompression_filter,
   $exported_ipaddress            = "${::ipaddress}/32",
   $home                          = $::barman::settings::home,
+  $home_mode                     = $::barman::settings::home_mode,
   $host_group                    = $::barman::settings::host_group,
   $immediate_checkpoint          = $::barman::settings::immediate_checkpoint,
   $last_backup_maximum_age       = $::barman::settings::last_backup_maximum_age,
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@
     ensure  => $ensure_directory,
     owner   => $user,
     group   => $group,
-    mode    => '0750',
+    mode    => $home_mode,
     require => Package['barman']
   }
 
diff --git a/manifests/settings.pp b/manifests/settings.pp
index 4cafd37..60bc09e 100644
--- a/manifests/settings.pp
+++ b/manifests/settings.pp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
   $dbuser                        = 'barman',
   $dbname                        = 'postgres',
   $home                          = '/var/lib/barman',
+  $home_mode                     = '0750',
   $archiver                      = true,
   $archiver_batch_size           = undef,
   $backup_method                 = undef,