diff --git a/distrib/sets/Makefile b/distrib/sets/Makefile
index e3fcc5bd7..53c2aba36 100644
--- a/distrib/sets/Makefile
+++ b/distrib/sets/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.5 2016/10/02 09:16:22 tb Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.6 2016/11/19 08:36:48 tb Exp $
 
 DB = /usr/X11R6/lib/locate/xorg.db
 XETC = ${DESTDIR}/var/sysmerge/xetc.tgz
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ all: tarxetc makedb
 makedb:
 	MACHINE=${MACHINE} /bin/sh ${.CURDIR}/makelocatedb ${OSrev} >${DESTDIR}${DB}
 	chown ${BINOWN}:${BINGRP} ${DESTDIR}${DB}
+	chmod 644 ${DESTDIR}${DB}
 
 tarxetc:
 	MACHINE=${MACHINE} /bin/sh ${.CURDIR}/makexetc
 	chown root:wheel ${XETC}
+	chmod 644 ${XETC}
 
 .PHONY: makedb tarxetc