diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/Makefile
index 31308bfe0bdb..397157794f5f 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 PROG=	man
 SRCS=	man.c manpath.c glob.c
 MAN1=	man.1
+BINMODE=2555
 
 .if exists(${.CURDIR}/../lib/obj)
 LDADD=  -L${.CURDIR}/../lib/obj -lman