diff --git a/fs/squashfs/squashfs.mk b/fs/squashfs/squashfs.mk
index 6117de62a1..aae22b6fdd 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/squashfs.mk
+++ b/fs/squashfs/squashfs.mk
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ endif
 
 define ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_CMD
 	$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/mksquashfs $(TARGET_DIR) $$@ -noappend \
-		$(ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_ARGS)
+		$(ROOTFS_SQUASHFS_ARGS) && \
+	chmod 0644 $$@
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call ROOTFS_TARGET,squashfs))