diff --git a/kickstart/files/kickstart.cfg b/kickstart/files/kickstart.cfg
index cad5cd23..ddea0193 100644
--- a/kickstart/files/kickstart.cfg
+++ b/kickstart/files/kickstart.cfg
@@ -3223,6 +3223,8 @@ else
         wget ${NOVERIFYSSL_WGET_OPT} -r -np -nH --cut-dirs=3 -R "index.html*" \
             ${upgrade_url}/ -o /${LAT_DIR}/wget_usm_upgrades.log
         ilog "USM upgrades directory download complete"
+        chmod 755 ./software-deploy/*
+        ilog "The file permissions in the ${feed}/upgrades/software-deploy/ directory are configured to 755."
         ilog "Copy software-deploy directory to ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var/rootdirs/${versioned_dir}"
         cp -r ${feed}/upgrades/software-deploy/* ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/var/rootdirs/${versioned_dir}
         ilog "Copy software-deploy directory complete"