diff --git a/legacy/edje/src/bin/edje_cc_handlers.c b/legacy/edje/src/bin/edje_cc_handlers.c
index 21945612f9..36a92611f9 100644
--- a/legacy/edje/src/bin/edje_cc_handlers.c
+++ b/legacy/edje/src/bin/edje_cc_handlers.c
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ st_data_file(void)
    di->key = parse_str(0);
    filename = parse_str(1);
 
-   fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
+   fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
    if (fd < 0)
      {
         fprintf(stderr, "%s: Error. %s:%i when opening file \"%s\": \"%s\"\n",
diff --git a/legacy/edje/src/bin/edje_cc_parse.c b/legacy/edje/src/bin/edje_cc_parse.c
index 14ccc943ce..5724f51ed2 100644
--- a/legacy/edje/src/bin/edje_cc_parse.c
+++ b/legacy/edje/src/bin/edje_cc_parse.c
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ compile(void)
 	free(def);
  */
      }
-   fd = open(file_in, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
+   fd = open(file_in, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
    if (fd < 0)
      {
 	fprintf(stderr, "%s: Error. cannot open file \"%s\" for input. %s\n",