diff --git a/src/sbin/bcfg2-info b/src/sbin/bcfg2-info
index 133e1ccb35..a8aad3730f 100755
--- a/src/sbin/bcfg2-info
+++ b/src/sbin/bcfg2-info
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import fnmatch
 import logging
 import lxml.etree
 import traceback
+import stat
 from code import InteractiveConsole
 import Bcfg2.Logger
 import Bcfg2.Options
@@ -280,6 +281,9 @@ Bcfg2 client itself.""")
                 for entry in struct:
                     if entry.tag == 'Path':
                         entry.set('name', odir + '/' + entry.get('name'))
+                        if entry.get('mode') != None:
+                            entry.set('mode', \
+                                oct(int(entry.get('mode'), 8)|stat.S_IWUSR))
 
             posix = Bcfg2.Client.Tools.POSIX.POSIX(MockLog(),
                                                    self.setup,