diff --git a/development/gnustep-base/gnustep-base.SlackBuild b/development/gnustep-base/gnustep-base.SlackBuild
index b13553e901..94e6aa33c5 100644
--- a/development/gnustep-base/gnustep-base.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/gnustep-base/gnustep-base.SlackBuild
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 make
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN=SYSTEM
 
+chown -R root:root $PKG/usr/lib64/GNUstep/Libraries
+chmod -R go-w $PKG/usr/lib64/GNUstep/Libraries
+
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a \
   ANNOUNCE COPYING COPYING.LIB COPYINGv3 ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README \