diff --git a/cpan/ExtUtils-Install/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm b/cpan/ExtUtils-Install/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm

index 047c007..7d6ce96 100644

--- a/cpan/ExtUtils-Install/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm

+++ b/cpan/ExtUtils-Install/lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm

@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ 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 );

@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ 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;

     }