diff --git a/src/api.c b/src/api.c

index f8c5acd..3f7d831 100644

--- a/src/api.c

+++ b/src/api.c

@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ const struct cgroup_library_version library_version = {

 	.release = CGROUP_VER_RELEASE,

 };

+int cg_chmod_file(FTS *fts, FTSENT *ent, mode_t dir_mode,

+	int dirm_change, mode_t file_mode, int filem_change,

+	int owner_is_umask);

+

 /*

  * The errno which happend the last time (have to be thread specific)

  */

@@ -184,6 +188,8 @@ static int cg_chown_recursive(char **path, uid_t owner, gid_t group)

 {

 	int ret = 0;

 	FTS *fts;

+	/* mode 664 */

+	mode_t mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH;

 	cgroup_dbg("chown: path is %s\n", *path);

 	fts = fts_open(path, FTS_PHYSICAL | FTS_NOCHDIR | FTS_NOSTAT, NULL);

@@ -201,6 +207,7 @@ static int cg_chown_recursive(char **path, uid_t owner, gid_t group)

 			cgroup_warn("fts_read failed\n");

 			break;

 		}

+		cg_chmod_file(fts, ent, mode, 0, mode, 1, 1);

 		ret = cg_chown_file(fts, ent, owner, group);

 	}

 	fts_close(fts);