diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index 1b11f8993629c62fc89e04182b23559e15e49081..91a502bb97e8ab05c3c901c1ec7e6c413a7c71e6 100755
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ create_package() {
 	chmod -R go-w "$pdir"
 	# in case we are in a restrictive umask environment like 0077
 	chmod -R a+rX "$pdir"
+	# in case we build in a setuid/setgid directory
+	chmod -R ug-s "$pdir"
 
 	# Create the package
 	dpkg-gencontrol -p$pname -P"$pdir"