diff --git a/site/plugin.jelly b/site/plugin.jelly
index 038e8879..c5e89f1a 100644
--- a/site/plugin.jelly
+++ b/site/plugin.jelly
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@
        depends="true"
     	 userid="${siteUsername}"
     	 password="${maven.password}"
-    	 remotedir="${siteDirectory}">
+    	 remotedir="${siteDirectory}"
+    	 chmod="${maven.site.chmod.mode}">
          <fileset dir="${docsDest}" includes="**/*.*"/>
     </ftp>
 
diff --git a/site/xdocs/changes.xml b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
index c8492b7a..2e88c324 100644
--- a/site/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-24" due-to="Julian Dunn">SSH arguments not used in <code>sshdeploy</code> with 'clean'.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-28" due-to="Davy Toch">Deploying the site documentation through SSH always results in 'Build Successful'.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-27">FTP deployment doesn't create the remote directory root.</action>
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-25">site:ftpdeploy can use <code>maven.site.chmod.mode</code> to make chmod attribute configurable.</action>
     </release>
     <release version="1.6.1" date="2005-06-05">
       <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-22">Goal site:ftpdeploy does nothing</action>