diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/hadoop/integration/hive/HiveEmbeddedServer.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/hadoop/integration/hive/HiveEmbeddedServer.java
index c778ad3c0..712a9b065 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/hadoop/integration/hive/HiveEmbeddedServer.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/hadoop/integration/hive/HiveEmbeddedServer.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ private HiveConf configure() throws Exception {
         conf.set("hive.metastore.warehouse.dir", "/tmp/hive/warehouse");
         conf.set("hive.metastore.metadb.dir", "/tmp/hive/metastore_db");
         conf.set("hive.exec.scratchdir", "/tmp/hive");
+        conf.set("hive.scratch.dir.permission", "650");
         conf.set("javax.jdo.option.ConnectionURL", "jdbc:derby:;databaseName=/tmp/hive/metastore_db;create=true");
         conf.set("hive.metastore.local", "true");
         conf.set("hive.aux.jars.path", "");