diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsbinitscripts_9.48.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsbinitscripts_9.48.bb
index 94f4bfec32..3011f98ed5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsbinitscripts_9.48.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsbinitscripts_9.48.bb
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ do_compile[noexec] = "1"
 
 do_install(){
 	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/
-	install -m 0755 ${S}/rc.d/init.d/functions ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
+	install -m 0644 ${S}/rc.d/init.d/functions ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
 }