diff --git a/src/scripts/scripts-util b/src/scripts/scripts-util
index 6aa54471f46..7504138cacb 100755
--- a/src/scripts/scripts-util
+++ b/src/scripts/scripts-util
@@ -79,3 +79,4 @@ then
     mkdir ${solr_root}/logs
 fi
 
+umask 002