diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5a30f19..121b71f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -76,14 +76,24 @@ devserver-global:
 publish:
 	"$(PELICAN)" "$(INPUTDIR)" -o "$(OUTPUTDIR)" -s "$(PUBLISHCONF)" $(PELICANOPTS)
 
-ssh_upload: publish
+ssh_upload: ssh_copy fix_remote_permissions
+
+ssh_copy: publish
 	scp -P $(SSH_PORT) -r "$(OUTPUTDIR)"/* "$(SSH_USER)@$(SSH_HOST):$(SSH_TARGET_DIR)"
 
-sftp_upload: publish
+sftp_upload: sftp_copy fix_remote_permissions
+
+sftp_copy: publish
 	printf 'put -r $(OUTPUTDIR)/*' | sftp $(SSH_USER)@$(SSH_HOST):$(SSH_TARGET_DIR)
 
-rsync_upload: publish
+rsync_upload: rsync_copy fix_remote_permissions
+
+rsync_copy: publish
 	rsync -e "ssh -p $(SSH_PORT)" -P -rvzc --include tags --cvs-exclude --delete "$(OUTPUTDIR)"/ "$(SSH_USER)@$(SSH_HOST):$(SSH_TARGET_DIR)"
 
+fix_remote_permissions:
+	ssh -p $(SSH_PORT) $(SSH_USER)@$(SSH_HOST)  "find ${SSH_TARGET_DIR} -exec chmod gou+r {} \;"
+	ssh -p $(SSH_PORT) $(SSH_USER)@$(SSH_HOST)  "find ${SSH_TARGET_DIR} -type d -exec chmod gou+rx {} \;"
+
 
 .PHONY: html help clean regenerate serve serve-global devserver publish ssh_upload rsync_upload