1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index 20d72bba79..cd223a121e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -1216,7 +1216,8 @@ python populate_packages () {
                 src = os.path.join(src, p)
                 dest = os.path.join(dest, p)
                 fstat = cpath.stat(src)
-                os.mkdir(dest, fstat.st_mode)
+                os.mkdir(dest)
+                os.chmod(dest, fstat.st_mode)
                 os.chown(dest, fstat.st_uid, fstat.st_gid)
                 if p not in seen:
                     seen.append(p)