diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-import-pcap b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-import-pcap
index ae7f996ac..a45fe6777 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-import-pcap
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-import-pcap
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ for PCAP in "$@"; do
     fi  
 
     cp -f "${PCAP}" "${PCAP_DIR}"/data.pcap
+    chmod 644 "${PCAP_DIR}"/data.pcap
 
   fi # end of valid pcap