diff --git a/src/warden-client/sh/install.sh b/src/warden-client/sh/install.sh
index da22c04d512237f39a7afbb34b4d15c7da5f5184..8d0e21b9a634184771888ff21f65bc4642b0cb11 100755
--- a/src/warden-client/sh/install.sh
+++ b/src/warden-client/sh/install.sh
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ change_permissions()
 	echo -n "Changing permissions to installed package ... "
 	chown -R $user: $client_path 2> $err || err_clean
 	chmod 400 ${etc}/$key_file ${etc}/$cert_file || err_clean
+	chmod 644 ${etc}/package_version || err_clean
 	if chmod 600 $conf_file; then
 		echo "OK"
 	else