diff --git a/src/installer.js b/src/installer.js
index d31385c..04b2725 100644
--- a/src/installer.js
+++ b/src/installer.js
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@ function transformVersion (version) {
   return version.replace(/(\d)[_.+-]?((RC|rc|pre|dev|beta|alpha)[_.+-]?\d*)$/, '$1~$2')
 }
 
+/**
+ * Recursively set permissions on a directory and its contents.
+ */
+async function setDirectoryPermissions (directoryPath, permissions) {
+  await fs.chmod(directoryPath, permissions)
+  const entries = await fs.readdir(directoryPath, { withFileTypes: true })
+  entries.forEach(entry => {
+    if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+      fs.chmod(path.join(directoryPath, entry.name), permissions)
+    }
+  })
+}
+
 class DebianInstaller extends common.ElectronInstaller {
   get contentFunctions () {
     return [
@@ -111,6 +124,8 @@ class DebianInstaller extends common.ElectronInstaller {
   async createPackage () {
     this.options.logger(`Creating package at ${this.stagingDir}`)
 
+    await setDirectoryPermissions(this.stagingDir, 0o755)
+
     const command = ['--build', this.stagingDir]
     if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
       command.unshift('--root-owner-group')
@@ -267,3 +282,4 @@ module.exports = async data => {
 
 module.exports.Installer = DebianInstaller
 module.exports.transformVersion = transformVersion
+module.exports.setDirectoryPermissions = setDirectoryPermissions
diff --git a/test/installer.js b/test/installer.js
index daf2957..a0519d6 100644
--- a/test/installer.js
+++ b/test/installer.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const chai = require('chai')
 const path = require('path')
+const fs = require('fs').promises
 const { spawn } = require('@malept/cross-spawn-promise')
 
 const installer = require('..')
@@ -280,4 +281,22 @@ describe('module', function () {
     },
     /^Invalid compression type. xz, gzip, bzip2, lzma, zstd, or none are supported.$/
   )
+
+  describeInstaller(
+    'with correct permissions',
+    {
+      src: 'test/fixtures/app-with-asar/',
+      options: {
+        arch: 'i386'
+      }
+    },
+    'all files and directories have 755 permissions',
+    async outputDir => {
+      await installer.setDirectoryPermissions(outputDir, 0o755)
+      const stats = await fs.stat(outputDir)
+      const mode = stats.mode & 0o777
+      // We use a bitwise AND operation (&) to perform a bitwise AND operation between the file or directory's permission mode (represented by stats.mode) and the octal value 0o777.
+      chai.expect(mode.toString(8)).to.equal('755')
+    }
+  )
 })