diff --git a/etc/rc.d/accounting b/etc/rc.d/accounting
index 7ebc11f508e1..502ffe65b8b3 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/accounting
+++ b/etc/rc.d/accounting
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ accounting_rotate_log()
 
 	if checkyesno accounting_enable; then
 		_file=`mktemp newacct-XXXXX`
+		chmod 644 $_file
 		${accounting_command} ${_dir}/${_file}
 	fi