diff --git a/archival/unzip.c b/archival/unzip.c
index 68083e987..2585cbf3f 100644
--- a/archival/unzip.c
+++ b/archival/unzip.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ int unzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			overwrite = o_always;
 		case 'y': /* Open file and fall into unzip */
 			unzip_create_leading_dirs(dst_fn);
-			dst_fd = xopen(dst_fn, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT);
+			dst_fd = xopen(dst_fn, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 777);
 		case -1: /* Unzip */
 			if (verbosity == v_normal) {
 				printf("  inflating: %s\n", dst_fn);
diff --git a/networking/ftpgetput.c b/networking/ftpgetput.c
index 767ace9fb..978601d26 100644
--- a/networking/ftpgetput.c
+++ b/networking/ftpgetput.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static int ftp_receive(ftp_host_info_t *server, FILE *control_stream,
 		if (do_continue) {
 			fd_local = xopen(local_path, O_APPEND | O_WRONLY);
 		} else {
-			fd_local = xopen(local_path, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY);
+			fd_local = xopen3(local_path, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, 777);
 		}
 	}