diff --git a/tools/oss-fuzz.sh b/tools/oss-fuzz.sh
index 200407fcca0..2db5b4cc44c 100755
--- a/tools/oss-fuzz.sh
+++ b/tools/oss-fuzz.sh
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ df=$build/dns-fuzzing
 git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/CZ-NIC/dns-fuzzing $df
 zip -jqr $OUT/fuzz-dns-packet_seed_corpus.zip $df/packet
 
-# install the private shared library without executable permissions
-install -Dt $OUT/src/shared/ -m 0644 $build/src/shared/libsystemd-shared-*.so
+install -Dt $OUT/src/shared/ $build/src/shared/libsystemd-shared-*.so
 
 find $build -maxdepth 1 -type f -executable -name "fuzz-*" -exec mv {} $OUT \;
 cp src/fuzz/*.options $OUT