--- ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.32/inc/ExtUtils/Install.pm~	2007-05-08 18:19:32.000000000 +0200
+++ ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.32/inc/ExtUtils/Install.pm	2007-05-08 18:22:09.376990824 +0200
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@
 		utime($atime,$mtime + $Is_VMS,$targetfile) unless $nonono>1;
 
 
-                $mode = 0444 | ( $mode & 0111 ? 0111 : 0 );
+                $mode = 0644 | ( $mode & 0111 ? 0111 : 0 );
                 $mode = $mode | 0222
                     if $realtarget ne $targetfile;
                 _chmod( $mode, $targetfile, $verbose );
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@
 	}
 	my($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);
     }