diff --git a/gcc/collect2.c b/gcc/collect2.c
index 153ac6f..1e00834 100644
--- a/gcc/collect2.c
+++ b/gcc/collect2.c
@@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ collect_execute (prog, argv, redir)
   if (redir)
     {
       /* Open response file.  */
-      redir_handle = open (redir, O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT);
+      redir_handle = open (redir, O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT, 0666);
 
       /* Duplicate the stdout and stderr file handles
 	 so they can be restored later.  */