diff --git a/plugin-parent/project.properties b/plugin-parent/project.properties
index a343ec25..36d8af21 100644
--- a/plugin-parent/project.properties
+++ b/plugin-parent/project.properties
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ maven.scm.checkout.dir=${maven.build.dir}/scm/checkout
 maven.site.stage.address=people.apache.org
 maven.site.stage.directory=/home/brett/public_html/maven-stage-site/${pom.siteDirectory.substring(22)}
 maven.site.deploy.method=rsync
+maven.site.chmod.mode=775
 
 # Use the jpg image for the organization's logo
 maven.pdf.companyLogo=http://maven.apache.org/images/apache-maven-project.jpg
diff --git a/project.properties b/project.properties
index 4d9a48d2..c59f5c0e 100644
--- a/project.properties
+++ b/project.properties
@@ -46,5 +46,6 @@ maven.changelog.factory=org.apache.maven.svnlib.SvnChangeLogFactory
 maven.site.stage.address=people.apache.org
 maven.site.stage.directory=/home/brett/public_html/maven-stage-site/${pom.siteDirectory.substring(22)}
 maven.site.deploy.method=rsync
+maven.site.chmod.mode=775
 
 maven.xdoc.theme.url=http://maven.apache.org/style/maven-stylus.css