diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/TarArchiveWriter.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/TarArchiveWriter.cs
index afb0a91e86..4bc37afefe 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/TarArchiveWriter.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/TarArchiveWriter.cs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment
                 Array.Copy(nameBytes, header, nameSize);
 
                 // file mode (8)
-                byte[] modeBytes = m_asciiEncoding.GetBytes("0000755");
+                byte[] modeBytes = m_asciiEncoding.GetBytes("0000777");
                 Array.Copy(modeBytes, 0, header, 100, 7);
 
                 // owner user id (8)