diff --git a/php/tasks/php_jessie.yml b/php/tasks/php_jessie.yml
index 12f3a4f8..10d1c6f7 100644
--- a/php/tasks/php_jessie.yml
+++ b/php/tasks/php_jessie.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 - name: Custom php.ini for CLI
   copy:
     dest: "{{ phpini_cli_custom_file }}"
+    mode: "0644"
     content: |
       ; Put customized values here.
     force: no
@@ -62,4 +63,3 @@
   with_items:
   - { option: "date.timezone", value: "Europe/Paris" }
   when: php_symfony_requirements
-
diff --git a/php/tasks/php_stretch.yml b/php/tasks/php_stretch.yml
index 4ed4c8b5..31ba2798 100644
--- a/php/tasks/php_stretch.yml
+++ b/php/tasks/php_stretch.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 - name: "Custom php.ini for CLI (Debian 9 or later)"
   copy:
     dest: "{{ phpini_cli_custom_file }}"
+    mode: "0644"
     content: |
       ; Put customized values here.
       ; default_charset = "ISO-8859-1"