diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c08a1cdbc..61edea1d3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2017-02-04  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
+
+	* builds/unix/unix-def.in (freetype-config): Fix permissions.
+
 2017-02-03  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
 
 	* src/autofit/afglobal.c (af_face_globals_free): Erase useless code.
diff --git a/builds/unix/unix-def.in b/builds/unix/unix-def.in
index 9d3b53b9a..feae99b65 100644
--- a/builds/unix/unix-def.in
+++ b/builds/unix/unix-def.in
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ $(OBJ_BUILD)/freetype-config: $(TOP_DIR)/builds/unix/freetype-config.in
 	    $<                                                 \
 	    > $@.tmp
 	chmod +x $@.tmp
-	chmod a-w $@.tmp
+	chmod go-w $@.tmp
 	mv $@.tmp $@
 
 # To support directory names with spaces (as might easily happen on Windows