diff --git a/capplets/screensaver/ChangeLog b/capplets/screensaver/ChangeLog
index 12a9089e5..62d55d42e 100644
--- a/capplets/screensaver/ChangeLog
+++ b/capplets/screensaver/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-08-10  Richard Hestilow  <hestilow@ximian.com>
+
+	* capplets/screensavers/magic.pl.in: Add perms to mkdir.
+
 2001-08-10  Richard Hestilow  <hestilow@ximian.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am (pixmaps_DATA): Remove screen.png,
diff --git a/capplets/screensaver/screensavers/magic.pl.in b/capplets/screensaver/screensavers/magic.pl.in
index dfb908834..9dfd25621 100755
--- a/capplets/screensaver/screensavers/magic.pl.in
+++ b/capplets/screensaver/screensavers/magic.pl.in
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ foreach $key (keys %savers)
 		{
 			unless (-d $outdir)
 			{
-				unless (mkdir $outdir)
+				unless (mkdir $outdir, 0775)
 				{
 					die "Cannot create directory $outdir";
 				}