diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index 4f6aade133db71bd2b78e1f65b1b195ad8652465..567a8dd2a0d94a18067bf854e755055cbd34931a 100644
--- a/assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/assembly/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     <deb.pkg.name>spark</deb.pkg.name>
     <deb.install.path>/usr/share/spark</deb.install.path>
     <deb.user>root</deb.user>
+    <deb.bin.filemode>744</deb.bin.filemode>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@
                         <user>${deb.user}</user>
                         <group>${deb.user}</group>
                         <prefix>${deb.install.path}/bin</prefix>
-                        <filemode>744</filemode>
+                        <filemode>${deb.bin.filemode}</filemode>
                       </mapper>
                     </data>
                     <data>