diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_7.1p1.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_7.1p1.bb
index eeeb4b4c73..40938cc08c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_7.1p1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh_7.1p1.bb
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ do_compile_ptest() {
 
 do_install_append () {
 	if [ "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', 'pam', '', d)}" = "pam" ]; then
-		install -D -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/sshd ${D}${sysconfdir}/pam.d/sshd
+		install -D -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/sshd ${D}${sysconfdir}/pam.d/sshd
 		sed -i -e 's:#UsePAM no:UsePAM yes:' ${WORKDIR}/sshd_config ${D}${sysconfdir}/ssh/sshd_config
 	fi