diff --git a/exim.changes b/exim.changes
index 2cee6ad..a19388c 100644
--- a/exim.changes
+++ b/exim.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec  5 12:47:28 UTC 2014 - lmuelle@suse.com
+
+- Removed executable permission bits from exim.service file.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 26 14:38:41 UTC 2014 - lmuelle@suse.com
 
diff --git a/exim.spec b/exim.spec
index b673656..d262e9c 100644
--- a/exim.spec
+++ b/exim.spec
@@ -271,9 +271,9 @@ make 	inst_dest=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/sbin \
 mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/sbin/exim-%{version}* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/sbin/exim
 mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/exim/exim.conf src/configure.default # with all substitutions done
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1220
-install -m 755 %{S:32} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_unitdir}/exim.service
+install -m 0644 %{S:32} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_unitdir}/exim.service
 %else
-install -m 755 %{S:11} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d/exim
+install -m 0755 %{S:11} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d/exim
 %endif
 # aka...
 for i in \
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/sbin/eximon* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin/
 rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/sbin/eximon*
 %endif
 cp -p %{S:1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/adm/fillup-templates/sysconfig.exim
-install -m 644 %{S:2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/logrotate.d/exim
+install -m 0644 %{S:2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/logrotate.d/exim
 # man pages
 mv doc/exim.8 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man8/
 pod2man --center=EXIM --section=8 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/sbin/eximstats > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man8/eximstats.8