diff --git a/cpan/ExtUtils-Install/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm b/cpan/ExtUtils-Install/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm
index 96081806f7..9770d4a1f7 100644
--- a/cpan/ExtUtils-Install/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm
+++ b/cpan/ExtUtils-Install/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ sub install { #XXX OS-SPECIFIC
                 utime($atime,$mtime + _Is_VMS,$targetfile) unless $dry_run>1;
 
 
-                $mode = 0444 | ( $mode & 0111 ? 0111 : 0 );
+                $mode = 0644 | ( $mode & 0111 ? 0111 : 0 );
                 $mode = $mode | 0222
                     if $realtarget ne $targetfile;
                 _chmod( $mode, $targetfile, $verbose );
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ sub pm_to_blib {
         }
         my($mode,$atime,$mtime) = (stat $from)[2,8,9];
         utime($atime,$mtime+_Is_VMS,$to);
-        _chmod(0444 | ( $mode & 0111 ? 0111 : 0 ),$to);
+        _chmod(0644 | ( $mode & 0111 ? 0111 : 0 ),$to);
         next unless $from =~ /\.pm$/;
         _autosplit($to,$autodir) if defined $autodir;
     }