diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 38b21fd6b..c73319eb5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed Jul 15 12:20:04 CEST 2009 (tk)
+----------------------------------
+ * clamd, clamav-milter: make pid files globally readable (bb#1642)
+
 Wed Jul 15 11:20:56 CEST 2009 (tk)
 ----------------------------------
  * libclamav/filetypes.c: fix off-by-one error (bb#1639)
diff --git a/clamav-milter/clamav-milter.c b/clamav-milter/clamav-milter.c
index 9a28c9d81..3e13e7f75 100644
--- a/clamav-milter/clamav-milter.c
+++ b/clamav-milter/clamav-milter.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
     if((opt = optget(opts, "PidFile"))->enabled) {
 	FILE *fd;
-	mode_t old_umask = umask(0006);
+	mode_t old_umask = umask(0002);
 
 	if((fd = fopen(opt->strarg, "w")) == NULL) {
 	    logg("!Can't save PID in file %s\n", opt->strarg);
diff --git a/clamd/server-th.c b/clamd/server-th.c
index 59d62e0e2..eecee0965 100644
--- a/clamd/server-th.c
+++ b/clamd/server-th.c
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ int recvloop_th(int *socketds, unsigned nsockets, struct cl_engine *engine, unsi
     mainpid = getpid();
     if((opt = optget(opts, "PidFile"))->enabled) {
 	    FILE *fd;
-	old_umask = umask(0006);
+	old_umask = umask(0002);
 	if((fd = fopen(opt->strarg, "w")) == NULL) {
 	    logg("!Can't save PID in file %s\n", opt->strarg);
 	} else {