diff --git a/metadata/org.videolan.vlc.txt b/metadata/org.videolan.vlc.txt
index 99a5b9f72e..2a3a275bd0 100644
--- a/metadata/org.videolan.vlc.txt
+++ b/metadata/org.videolan.vlc.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ update=.;../java-libs/SlidingMenu;../java-libs/ActionBarSherlock;../java-libs/Wh
 prebuild=sed -i '/ant/d' ../Makefile && \
          sed -i 's/debuggable="true"/debuggable="false"/g' AndroidManifest.xml && \
          ln -s ../srclib/VLC ../vlc && mv libs/perms-vlc_1300.diff ../vlc/ && \
-         cd ../vlc/ && cat perms-vlc_1300.diff |xargs chmod a+x,\
+         cd ../vlc/ && cat perms-vlc_1300.diff |xargs chmod 755,\
 build=cd ../ && ANDROID_ABI=armeabi-v7a ANDROID_SDK=$$SDK$$ \
       ANDROID_NDK=$$NDK$$ ./compile.sh release,\
 buildjni=no