diff --git a/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.4.0.bb b/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.4.0.bb
index 71874dd..64c112a 100644
--- a/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.4.0.bb
+++ b/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.4.0.bb
@@ -92,5 +92,5 @@ SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} = "NetworkManager.service"
 do_install_append() {
     rm -rf ${D}/run ${D}${localstatedir}/run
     mkdir -p ${D}${sysconfdir}/NetworkManager/system-connections
-    cp ${WORKDIR}/${INITIAL_CONNECTION} ${D}${sysconfdir}/NetworkManager/system-connections/
+    install -m 0600 ${WORKDIR}/${INITIAL_CONNECTION} ${D}${sysconfdir}/NetworkManager/system-connections/
 }