diff -urN rsync-2.6.9-dist/syscall.c rsync-2.6.9/syscall.c
--- rsync-2.6.9-dist/syscall.c	2007-10-19 20:49:29.000000000 -0500
+++ rsync-2.6.9/syscall.c	2007-10-19 20:53:02.000000000 -0500
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@
 {
 	RETURN_ERROR_IF(dry_run, 0);
 	RETURN_ERROR_IF(read_only, EROFS);
+	perms |= S_IWUSR;
 
 #if defined HAVE_SECURE_MKSTEMP && defined HAVE_FCHMOD && (!defined HAVE_OPEN64 || defined HAVE_MKSTEMP64)
 	{