diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
index b0c363860e2f..e98f0af5086d 100644
--- a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-11-21  Gerald Pfeifer  <gerald@pfeifer.com>
+
+	* update_web_docs_svn: Make $DOCSDIR group writable after
+	creating it.
+
 2011-06-27  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
 
 	* update_version_svn (IGNORE_BRANCHES): Add gcc-4_3-branch.
diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/update_web_docs_svn b/maintainer-scripts/update_web_docs_svn
index a0551615d7d2..cfc33c42bf50 100755
--- a/maintainer-scripts/update_web_docs_svn
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/update_web_docs_svn
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ ! -d $DOCSDIR ]; then
   mkdir $DOCSDIR
+  chmod g+w $DOCSDIR
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$RELEASE" ]; then