diff --git a/provision.module b/provision.module
index 723d01a6663419077bae648d2ed5bf9b354a155f..729f7a9e671c3b718f37b9c94f733a5b806275ad 100644
--- a/provision.module
+++ b/provision.module
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ function _provision_verify($url = NULL) {
   if (!$url) {
     // we are verifying a platform
     $data = array();
-    _provision_create_dir(PROVISION_CONFIG_PATH, t('Provision configuration'), 0700);
+    _provision_create_dir(PROVISION_CONFIG_PATH, t('Provision configuration'), 0755);
     _provision_create_dir(PROVISION_BACKUP_PATH, t('Web server configuration'), 0700);
   }
   else {