diff --git a/mx.jvmci/mx_jvmci.py b/mx.jvmci/mx_jvmci.py
index 491fc19ab9..b4ddc03abb 100644
--- a/mx.jvmci/mx_jvmci.py
+++ b/mx.jvmci/mx_jvmci.py
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ class HotSpotVMJDKDeployedDist(JDKDeployedDist):
                 if m.name in _hs_deploy_map:
                     targetDir = join(jdkDir, _hs_deploy_map[m.name])
                     mx.logv('Deploying {} from {} to {}'.format(m.name, dist.name, targetDir))
+                    subprocess.call(["chmod", "-R", "+rw", targetDir])
                     tar.extract(m, targetDir)
 
 """