diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/man/makewhatis/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/man/makewhatis/Makefile
index 8dc9c0b69afa..03c95c14fa58 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/man/makewhatis/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/man/makewhatis/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ clean:
 	@rm -f ${TARG}
 
 install:
-	install -c -o bin -g bin -m 444 ${TARG} /usr/bin
+	install -c -o bin -g bin -m 555 ${TARG} /usr/bin
 
 ${TARG}: ${.CURDIR}/makewhatis.sh
 	sed -e 's/%sections%/ "1", "n", "l", "6", "8", "2", "3", "4", "5", "7", "p", "o", NULL/' ${.CURDIR}/makewhatis.sh > ${TARG}