diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5406e723..cfd58f6f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Refactor of `wwinit/init` to more properly address rootfs options. #1098
 - Fix autodetected kernel sorting issue. #1332
 - Avoid panic on container import #1244
+- make sure that warewulfd has the permission 0755 at creation time #674
 
 ## v4.5.7, 2024-09-11
 
diff --git a/internal/pkg/configure/tftp.go b/internal/pkg/configure/tftp.go
index 4baadf15..c693cb5d 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/configure/tftp.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/configure/tftp.go
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/warewulf/warewulf/internal/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/warewulf/warewulf/internal/pkg/warewulfd"
 	"github.com/warewulf/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 func TFTP() (err error) {
 	controller := warewulfconf.Get()
 	var tftpdir string = path.Join(controller.TFTP.TftpRoot, "warewulf")
-
+	oldMask := unix.Umask(0)
+	defer unix.Umask(oldMask)
 	err = os.MkdirAll(tftpdir, 0755)
 	if err != nil {
 		return