diff --git a/srcpkgs/less/template b/srcpkgs/less/template
index d39f8e3516e..3cf715aa702 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/less/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/less/template
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less"
 distfiles="${homepage}/less-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=4fd40ec18d8e69a18a7b1edf36a51fb0de77987ad75f2e875327d1f24c1de098
+
+post_extract() {
+	chmod 755 configure
+}