diff --git a/kernel/src/fs/tmpfs/FileSystem.cpp b/kernel/src/fs/tmpfs/FileSystem.cpp
index 6947bfd1..e745a847 100644
--- a/kernel/src/fs/tmpfs/FileSystem.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/fs/tmpfs/FileSystem.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace TmpFS
     {
         SharedPtr<FileSystem> fs = TRY(adopt_shared_if_nonnull(new (std::nothrow) FileSystem()));
         SharedPtr<VFS::Inode> root = TRY(fs->create_dir_inode({}));
+        root->chmod(0755);
         fs->set_root(root);
         return (SharedPtr<VFS::FileSystem>)fs;
     }