diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 254a3066..f1baac3d 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/midori/COPYING debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/midori/TRANSLATE
 	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/share/midori/res/mootools.js
 	ln -s /usr/share/javascript/mootools/mootools.js debian/tmp/usr/share/midori/res/mootools.js
-	install debian/$(DISTRO)-config debian/tmp/etc/xdg/midori/config
+	install -m 0644 debian/$(DISTRO)-config debian/tmp/etc/xdg/midori/config
 
 PRIORITY=$(shell sed -r -e '/DEBIAN_WWW_ALTERNATIVES_PRIORITY/ !d' -e 's/.* ([^ ]*)$$/\1/' $(CONFIG_FILE))