diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.xml b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.xml
index 1ed2146498d..c781861b6ef 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.xml
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.xml
@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@
 		<copy todir="${copyToDir}/${buildType}.${buildId}">
 			<fileset dir="${buildDirectory}/${buildType}.${buildId}"/>
 		</copy>
+		<chmod perm="g+w" dir="${copyToDir}">
+			<dirset dir="${copyToDir}"/>
+		</chmod>
 		
 		<!-- Create symlink to latest build -->
 		<symlink action="delete" link="${copyToDir}/latest" failonerror="false"/>