diff --git a/apps/app_voicemail.c b/apps/app_voicemail.c
index 02c80750d47a3a744bd0b372006adf40db3e1eda..8fb0b969c0d11ba79e2422c7eb6a9dd0d7ab9737 100644
--- a/apps/app_voicemail.c
+++ b/apps/app_voicemail.c
@@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 #endif
 
 #define COMMAND_TIMEOUT 5000
-#define	VOICEMAIL_DIR_MODE	0770
-#define	VOICEMAIL_FILE_MODE	0660
+/* Don't modify these here; set your umask at runtime instead */
+#define	VOICEMAIL_DIR_MODE	0777
+#define	VOICEMAIL_FILE_MODE	0666
 
 #define VOICEMAIL_CONFIG "voicemail.conf"
 #define ASTERISK_USERNAME "asterisk"