diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index e087f424..77174cf3 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -9,14 +9,16 @@ doc:
 	doxygen doxygen.cfg
 
 doc-pack: doc
-	-chmod a+r $(top_srcdir)/doc/doxygen/html/*
-	-chmod a-w $(top_srcdir)/doc/doxygen/html/*
+	-chmod -R a+r $(top_srcdir)/doc/doxygen/html/*
+	-chmod -R a-w $(top_srcdir)/doc/doxygen/html/*
 	if ! test -z "$(AMTAR)"; then \
 		$(AMTAR) --create --directory=$(top_srcdir)/doc/doxygen/html --verbose --file=- . | bzip2 -c -9 > $(top_srcdir)/../alsa-lib-doc.tar.bz2 ; \
 	else \
 		$(TAR) --create --directory=$(top_srcdir)/doc/doxygen/html --verbose --file=- . | bzip2 -c -9 > $(top_srcdir)/../alsa-lib-doc.tar.bz2 ; \
 	fi
+	-chmod -R u+w $(top_srcdir)/doc/doxygen/html/*
 	rm -rf $(top_srcdir)/doc/doxygen/html/*
 
 doc-clean:
+	-chmod -R u+w $(top_srcdir)/doc/doxygen/html/*
 	rm -rf $(top_srcdir)/doc/doxygen/html/*