diff --git a/TEMPLATE.sh b/TEMPLATE.sh
index 05b4b01..7d9dac2 100755
--- a/TEMPLATE.sh
+++ b/TEMPLATE.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ set -xe
 umask 022
 
 BUILD_TMPDIR=/dev/shm/$PKG-$VERSION-$BUILD.build.tmp
-test -d $BUILD_TMPDIR && rm -rf $BUILD_TMPDIR
+test -d $BUILD_TMPDIR && chmod -c -R u+rwx $BUILD_TMPDIR && rm -rf $BUILD_TMPDIR
 mkdir -p $BUILD_TMPDIR/home
 export TMPDIR=$BUILD_TMPDIR
 export HOME=$BUILD_TMPDIR/home