diff --git a/apps/app_chanspy.c b/apps/app_chanspy.c
index 3a27edfcc2..60690666fd 100644
--- a/apps/app_chanspy.c
+++ b/apps/app_chanspy.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static int chanspy_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data)
 	if (recbase) {
 		char filename[512];
 		snprintf(filename,sizeof(filename),"%s/%s.%d.raw",ast_config_AST_MONITOR_DIR, recbase, (int)time(NULL));
-		if ((fd = open(filename, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, O_TRUNC)) <= 0) {
+		if ((fd = open(filename, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0644)) <= 0) {
 			ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Cannot open %s for recording\n", filename);
 			fd = 0;
 		}