diff --git a/tools/meson_final.sh b/tools/meson_final.sh
index e6fda7bd..4fda3136 100755
--- a/tools/meson_final.sh
+++ b/tools/meson_final.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ if [ ${os} != Linux ]; then
 	install -d "${DESTDIR}/${rc_libexecdir}"/init.d
 fi
 install -d "${DESTDIR}/${rc_libexecdir}"/tmp
-install "${MESON_BUILD_ROOT}/src/common/version" "${DESTDIR}/${rc_libexecdir}"
+install -m 644 "${MESON_BUILD_ROOT}/src/common/version" "${DESTDIR}/${rc_libexecdir}"