diff --git a/rhnsd.c b/rhnsd.c
index ad2100d..493aac0 100644
--- a/rhnsd.c
+++ b/rhnsd.c
@@ -310,8 +310,12 @@ static int write_pid (const char *file)
     FILE *fp;
 
     fp = fopen (file, "w");
-    if (fp == NULL)
-	return -1;
+    if (fp == NULL) {
+        return -1;
+    } else if (chmod (file, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH) != 0) {
+        fclose(fp);
+        return -1;
+    }
 
     fprintf (fp, "%d\n", getpid ());
     if (fflush (fp) || ferror (fp)) {
diff --git a/rhnsd.spec b/rhnsd.spec
index 333a555..8ef3a39 100644
--- a/rhnsd.spec
+++ b/rhnsd.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Source0: https://fedorahosted.org/releases/s/p/spacewalk/%{name}-%{version}.tar.
 URL:     https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk
 Name: rhnsd
 Version: 5.0.13
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 7.1%{?dist}
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires: gettext
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc LICENSE
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 12 2017 Gennadii Altukhov <galt@redhat.com> 5.0.13-7.1
+- Resolves: #1489119 - change permissions for rhnsd.pid (galt@redhat.com)
+
 * Mon Mar 06 2017 Gennadii Altukhov <galt@redhat.com> 5.0.13-7
 - Resolves: #1409562 - fix BZ IDs in spec file (galt@redhat.com)