diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
index 7b023138ac2..810b005b748 100644
--- a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-03-31  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* gcc_release (build_tarfiles): Make directories mode 755, not
+	777.
+
 2009-10-10  Gerald Pfeifer  <gerald@pfeifer.com>
 
 	* update_web_docs_svn: Update BUGURL to http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs/.
diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release b/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
index ddcd22f7ca0..6ff6b2a301b 100755
--- a/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # Contents:
 #   Script to create a GCC release.
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009 Free Software Foundation.
+# Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation.
 #
 # This file is part of GCC.
 #
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ build_tarfiles() {
   # The GNU Coding Standards specify that all files should
   # world readable.
   chmod -R a+r ${SOURCE_DIRECTORY}
-  # And that all directories have mode 777.
-  find ${SOURCE_DIRECTORY} -type d -exec chmod 777 {} \;
+  # And that all directories have mode 755.
+  find ${SOURCE_DIRECTORY} -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
  
   # Build one huge tarfile for the entire distribution.
   build_tarfile gcc-${RELEASE} `basename ${SOURCE_DIRECTORY}`