diff --git a/gimp-help.changes b/gimp-help.changes
index d8a2bb2..c44f41a 100644
--- a/gimp-help.changes
+++ b/gimp-help.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 31 11:13:55 UTC 2012 - mvyskocil@suse.com
+
+- Since recent changes, fdupes can only link files of same
+  owner/permissions (bnc#784670). As we still want to make use
+  of fdupes, we adjust the permissions of the images folder's
+  content.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 11 08:12:01 UTC 2012 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gimp-help.spec b/gimp-help.spec
index d1ccf73..2d81520 100644
--- a/gimp-help.spec
+++ b/gimp-help.spec
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ cp %{S:2} .
 # Parallel build is broken
 make -f Makefile.GNU
 
+# unify the permissions of images, to make fdupes working again (bnc#784670)
+find images/ -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} +
+
 %install
 #FIXME: we can't use the usual macro since we don't use the standard Makefile
 #%make_install