diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemosettingswidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemosettingswidget.cpp
index fdffb2e627a5e3611f8b1b9c6a3f37326a3f923b..602cbe2c47f675dd2ff382465b80bd8238ef059d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemosettingswidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemosettingswidget.cpp
@@ -355,7 +355,8 @@ void MaemoSettingsWidget::deployKey()
     }
 
     m_ui->deployKeyButton->disconnect();
-    const QString command = QLatin1String("test -d .ssh || mkdir .ssh && echo '")
+    const QString command = QLatin1String("test -d .ssh "
+        "|| mkdir .ssh && chmod 0700 .ssh && echo '")
         + key + QLatin1String("' >> .ssh/authorized_keys");
     m_keyDeployer = new MaemoSshRunner(currentConfig().server, command);
     connect(m_keyDeployer, SIGNAL(finished()),