diff --git a/makechrootpkg b/makechrootpkg
index 1d2282c..b31a2ae 100755
--- a/makechrootpkg
+++ b/makechrootpkg
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ if [ ! -d "$chrootdir/root" ]; then
     usage
 fi
 
+umask 000
 [ -d "$chrootdir/$LAYER" -a "$clean_first" -eq "1" ] && rm -rf "$chrootdir/$LAYER/" 
 [ -d "$chrootdir/$LAYER" ] || mkdir "$chrootdir/$LAYER"
 [ -d "$chrootdir/union" ] || mkdir "$chrootdir/union"
diff --git a/mkarchroot b/mkarchroot
index b20e5a4..69fac22 100755
--- a/mkarchroot
+++ b/mkarchroot
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ chroot_umount ()
 }
 # }}}
 
+umask 000
 if [ "$RUN" != "" ]; then
     # run chroot {{{
     #Sanity check