diff --git a/src/config/pre.in b/src/config/pre.in
index 3752174..98dbe0f 100644
--- a/src/config/pre.in
+++ b/src/config/pre.in
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ INSTALL_PROGRAM=@INSTALL_PROGRAM@ $(INSTALL_STRIP)
 INSTALL_SCRIPT=@INSTALL_PROGRAM@
 INSTALL_DATA=@INSTALL_DATA@
 INSTALL_SHLIB=@INSTALL_SHLIB@
-INSTALL_SETUID=$(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_STRIP) -m 4755 -o root
+INSTALL_SETUID=$(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_STRIP) -m 755
 ## This is needed because autoconf will sometimes define @exec_prefix@ to be
 ## ${prefix}.
 prefix=@prefix@