diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 9ca09071..a00ce652 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Default to 0664 instead of 0660 on upload [Jamis Buck]
+
 * Fix deploy:pending to query SCM for the subsequent revision so that it does not include the last deployed change [Jamis Buck]
 
 * Prefer 'Last Changed Rev' over 'Revision' when querying latest revision via Subversion [Jamis Buck]
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/upload.rb b/lib/capistrano/upload.rb
index b614c0e5..57e43f5f 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/upload.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano/upload.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ module Capistrano
           sftp.channel[:failed] = false
 
           real_filename = filename.gsub(/\$CAPISTRANO:HOST\$/, server.host)
-          sftp.open(real_filename, IO::WRONLY | IO::CREAT | IO::TRUNC, options[:mode] || 0660) do |status, handle|
+          sftp.open(real_filename, IO::WRONLY | IO::CREAT | IO::TRUNC, options[:mode] || 0664) do |status, handle|
             break unless check_status(sftp, "open #{real_filename}", server, status)
             
             logger.info "uploading data to #{server}:#{real_filename}" if logger