diff --git a/Documentation/Developers/REGISTER b/Documentation/Developers/REGISTER
index 726f18ace..376d39e3d 100644
--- a/Documentation/Developers/REGISTER
+++ b/Documentation/Developers/REGISTER
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ Reserved User and Group IDs:
       postdrop 43           postfix 44
       postfix  44
 
+  - cron group:
+      crontab 53
+
   - clamav user:        - clamav group:
       clamav 54             clamav 54
 
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ Reserved User and Group IDs:
   - httpd user:		- httpd group:
       http 80		    http 80
 
-  Free IDs:  27-37,45-53,55,57-65,67-69,72-79
+  Free IDs:  27-37,45-52,55,57-65,67-69,72-79
 
 
 Filedescriptor Numbers
diff --git a/package/base/cron/cron.conf b/package/base/cron/cron.conf
index f01055b90..0ff7c15c5 100644
--- a/package/base/cron/cron.conf
+++ b/package/base/cron/cron.conf
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ cron_inst() {
 	chmod +x $root/usr/sbin/cron.run
 	chmod +x $root/etc/cron.daily/00-updates
 	chmod +x $root/etc/cron.daily/10-checksys
+        chmod a+rx $root/var/spool/cron
+        chgrp crontab $root/$prefix/bin/crontab $root/var/spool/cron/crontabs
+        chmod u-s,g+s $root/$prefix/bin/crontab
+        chmod 1730 $root/var/spool/cron/crontabs
 }
 
 postmake="cron_inst"
diff --git a/package/base/cron/cron.desc b/package/base/cron/cron.desc
index e60060e69..08b3a5194 100644
--- a/package/base/cron/cron.desc
+++ b/package/base/cron/cron.desc
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 [L] Free-to-use
 [S] Stable
-[V] 3.0pl1-81
+[V] 3.0pl1-83
 [P] X ---3-----9 753.000
 
 [CV-URL] ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/c/cron/
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@
 [CV-DEL] \.gz$ \.tar$ ^[^0-9]+ \,diff$ .*\.(deb|dsc)$
 
 [D] 4275794532 cron3.0pl1.tar.gz ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/daemons/cron/
-[D] 1412140590 cron_3.0pl1-81.diff.gz ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/c/cron/
+[D] 3114256391 cron_3.0pl1-83.diff.gz ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/c/cron/
 
diff --git a/package/base/cron/postsysfiles.in b/package/base/cron/postsysfiles.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd89ae73a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/cron/postsysfiles.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+safe_groupadd crontab 53