diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index 00beb76..449a281 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -1886,7 +1886,7 @@ tidy_install() {
 		fi
 
 		local binary strip_flags
-		find . -type f -perm -u+w -print0 2>/dev/null | while read -rd '' binary ; do
+		find . -type f -print0 2>/dev/null | while read -rd '' binary ; do
 			case "$(file -bi "$binary")" in
 				*application/x-sharedlib*)  # Libraries (.so)
 					strip_flags="$STRIP_SHARED";;
@@ -1904,6 +1904,7 @@ tidy_install() {
 				*)
 					continue ;;
 			esac
+			chmod u+w "$binary"
 			strip_file "$binary" ${strip_flags}
 		done
 	fi