diff --git a/gui-apps/swaylock/swaylock-1.8.0.ebuild b/gui-apps/swaylock/swaylock-1.8.0.ebuild
index d5e2b37cedd23..33241efe9f7b8 100644
--- a/gui-apps/swaylock/swaylock-1.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/swaylock/swaylock-1.8.0.ebuild
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ src_configure() {
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {
-	use !pam && fcaps cap_sys_admin usr/bin/swaylock
+	use !pam && fcaps -m u+s cap_sys_admin usr/bin/swaylock
 }
diff --git a/gui-apps/swaylock/swaylock-9999.ebuild b/gui-apps/swaylock/swaylock-9999.ebuild
index bb547be7e6174..9bcb747f203df 100644
--- a/gui-apps/swaylock/swaylock-9999.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/swaylock/swaylock-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ src_configure() {
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {
-	use !pam && fcaps cap_sys_admin usr/bin/swaylock
+	use !pam && fcaps -m u+s cap_sys_admin usr/bin/swaylock
 }