diff --git a/packages/sysutils/util-linux/scripts/32_swapfile b/packages/sysutils/util-linux/scripts/32_swapfile
index bc3f4030df..f5ac377db2 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/util-linux/scripts/32_swapfile
+++ b/packages/sysutils/util-linux/scripts/32_swapfile
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ fi
       echo "creating Swapfile ..."
       mkdir -p `dirname $SWAPFILE`
       dd if=/dev/zero of=$SWAPFILE bs=1M count=$SWAPFILESIZE 2>&1 > /dev/null
+      chmod 0600 $SWAPFILE 2>&1 > /dev/null
       mkswap $SWAPFILE 2>&1 > /dev/null
     fi