diff --git a/monitoring-plugins.spec b/monitoring-plugins.spec
index b94765c..4c003c3 100644
--- a/monitoring-plugins.spec
+++ b/monitoring-plugins.spec
@@ -1189,9 +1189,9 @@ install -m 644 %{SOURCE34} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/apparmor.d/
 
 # install nrpe snipplets
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{nrpe_sysconfdir}
-install -m 644 %{SOURCE50} %{buildroot}%{nrpe_sysconfdir}/check_mailq.cfg
-install -m 644 %{SOURCE51} %{buildroot}%{nrpe_sysconfdir}/check_load.cfg
-install -m 644 %{SOURCE52} %{buildroot}%{nrpe_sysconfdir}/check_ntp_time.cfg
+install -m 0644 %{SOURCE50} %{buildroot}%{nrpe_sysconfdir}/check_mailq.cfg
+install -m 0644 %{SOURCE51} %{buildroot}%{nrpe_sysconfdir}/check_load.cfg
+install -m 0644 %{SOURCE52} %{buildroot}%{nrpe_sysconfdir}/check_ntp_time.cfg
 
 # inform the users about the deprecated monitoring-plugins-extras package
 cat >> README.SUSE-deprecated << EOF