diff -up libcgroup-0.40.rc1/src/api.c.chmod libcgroup-0.40.rc1/src/api.c
--- libcgroup-0.40.rc1/src/api.c.chmod	2013-08-26 17:30:03.588276405 +0200
+++ libcgroup-0.40.rc1/src/api.c	2013-08-26 17:30:23.104126917 +0200
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ static int cg_chown_file(FTS *fts, FTSEN
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int cg_chmod_file(FTS *fts, FTSENT *ent, mode_t dir_mode,
+	int dirm_change, mode_t file_mode, int filem_change,
+	int owner_is_umask);
+
 /*
  * TODO: Need to decide a better place to put this function.
  */
@@ -163,6 +167,8 @@ static int cg_chown_recursive(char **pat
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	FTS *fts;
+	/* mode 664 */
+	mode_t mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH;
 
 	cgroup_dbg("chown: path is %s\n", *path);
 	fts = fts_open(path, FTS_PHYSICAL | FTS_NOCHDIR |
@@ -180,6 +186,7 @@ static int cg_chown_recursive(char **pat
 			cgroup_warn("Warning: fts_read failed\n");
 			break;
 		}
+		cg_chmod_file(fts, ent, mode, 0, mode, 1, 1);
 		ret = cg_chown_file(fts, ent, owner, group);
 	}
 	fts_close(fts);