diff --git a/etc/ssh/Makefile b/etc/ssh/Makefile
index 0832363ec684..a2876ef1cff6 100644
--- a/etc/ssh/Makefile
+++ b/etc/ssh/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.3 2017/05/21 15:28:38 riastradh Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.4 2022/08/30 22:36:48 riastradh Exp $
 
 .include <bsd.own.mk>
 
 CONFIGFILES=	ssh_known_hosts
 FILESDIR=	/etc/ssh
+FILESMODE=	644
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>