diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index a268e15c56108cc5d39ec26167edc5ced6ae9d55..0b442dc141252be35befe6342fa8dfd39b8e6c2a 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ fi
 
 INSTLOPTS="-m 444"
 INSTL_EXE_OPTS="-m 555"
-INSTL_LIB_OPTS="-m 664"
+INSTL_LIB_OPTS="-m 644"
 
 case "`basename $INSTALL`" in
  install|installbsd|scoinst)
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index a0fd5f3598094dfb790fe378c090fd69fb560b53..541438dfe6c2c401cfe83de4c4f105b0eb777b81 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ fi
 
 INSTLOPTS="-m 444"
 INSTL_EXE_OPTS="-m 555"
-INSTL_LIB_OPTS="-m 664"
+INSTL_LIB_OPTS="-m 644"
 
 case "`basename $INSTALL`" in
  install|installbsd|scoinst)