diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ea8d3f6c..a98a0fca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Fixed that new checkouts would use 755 instead of 775 [DHH]
+
 * Fixed that cap setup would use 755 on the deploy_to and shared directory roots instead of 775 [DHH]
 
 * Don't run the cleanup task on servers marked no_release [Jamis Buck]
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/recipes/standard.rb b/lib/capistrano/recipes/standard.rb
index 56bbc02c..97fe6909 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/recipes/standard.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano/recipes/standard.rb
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ task :update_code, :except => { :no_release => true } do
 
   source.checkout(self)
 
+  run "chmod -R 775 #{release_path}"
+
   run <<-CMD
     rm -rf #{release_path}/log #{release_path}/public/system &&
     ln -nfs #{shared_path}/log #{release_path}/log &&