diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4a133488..133d1123 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+livecd-rootfs (1.166) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Make the output kernel world-readable, since it was changed to be
+    world-unreadable in linux 2.6.38-8.40.
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:40:19 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (1.165) natty; urgency=low
 
   * Drop the hack that removes ubiquity-slideshow-* on armel, webkit works
diff --git a/livecd.sh b/livecd.sh
index 7b81130b..1ca9ccd9 100755
--- a/livecd.sh
+++ b/livecd.sh
@@ -701,6 +701,7 @@ Pin-Priority: 550
 	    action="mv"
 	fi
 	$action ${ROOT}/boot/vmlinu?-"${KVER}" livecd.${FSS}.kernel-"${SUBARCH}"
+	chmod 644 livecd.${FSS}.kernel-"${SUBARCH}"
 	if [ "$INITRD_COMPRESSOR" != gz ]; then
 	    zcat "livecd.${FSS}.initrd-${SUBARCH}" | "$INITRD_COMPRESSOR" -9c \
 		> "livecd.${FSS}.initrd-${SUBARCH}.new"