diff --git a/net-mgmt/telegraf/src/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/Telegraf/setup.sh b/net-mgmt/telegraf/src/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/Telegraf/setup.sh
index ecd3ab44f..3a59faffa 100755
--- a/net-mgmt/telegraf/src/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/Telegraf/setup.sh
+++ b/net-mgmt/telegraf/src/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/Telegraf/setup.sh
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 mkdir -p /var/log/telegraf
 chown -R telegraf:telegraf /var/log/telegraf
 chmod 750 /var/log/telegraf
+
+/usr/sbin/pw groupmod proxy -m telegraf