diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index f9a0fc2..7465d24 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 default["redis2"]["conf_dir"] = "/etc/redis"
 default["redis2"]["pid_dir"] = "/var/run/redis"
 default["redis2"]["user"] =     "redis"
+default["redis2"]["group"] =    "redis"
 default["redis2"]["daemon"] = nil
 default["redis2"]["package"]["paths"] = ["/usr/bin/redis-server", "/usr/sbin/redis-server"]
 default["redis2"]["instances"]["default"]["bindaddress"] = "0.0.0.0"
diff --git a/definitions/instance.rb b/definitions/instance.rb
index 5252c58..962ed2b 100644
--- a/definitions/instance.rb
+++ b/definitions/instance.rb
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 
   directory conf["data_dir"] do
     owner node["redis2"]["user"]
+    group node["redis2"]["group"]
     mode "0750"
   end
 
diff --git a/test/integration/helpers/serverspec/main.rb b/test/integration/helpers/serverspec/main.rb
index 54812f8..dce8059 100644
--- a/test/integration/helpers/serverspec/main.rb
+++ b/test/integration/helpers/serverspec/main.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     it "should have a data directory" do
       expect(file("/var/lib/redis/prime")).to be_directory
       expect(file("/var/lib/redis/prime")).to be_owned_by("redis")
+      expect(file("/var/lib/redis/prime")).to be_grouped_into("redis")
       expect(file("/var/lib/redis/prime")).to be_mode("750")
     end