diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/libexec/haos-swapfile b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/libexec/haos-swapfile
index add55a130..46080ff76 100755
--- a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/libexec/haos-swapfile
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/usr/libexec/haos-swapfile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ if [ ! -s "${swapfile}" ] || [ "$(stat "${swapfile}" -c '%s')" -lt $((swapsize *
 	fi
 
 	echo "[INFO] Creating swapfile of size $((swapsize *4))k"
+	umask 0077
 	dd if=/dev/zero of="${swapfile}" bs=4k count="${swapsize}"
 fi