diff --git a/commands/pm/package_handler/wget.inc b/commands/pm/package_handler/wget.inc
index c9be664..cf9a695 100644
--- a/commands/pm/package_handler/wget.inc
+++ b/commands/pm/package_handler/wget.inc
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ function package_handler_install_project(&$project, $release) {
 
   // Untar
   drush_shell_exec("tar -xf $tarpath");
+  $buf = stat(".");
+  drush_shell_exec("chown -R ".$buf["uid"].":".$buf["gid"]." .");
   // We're not using tar -xzf because that's not working on windows...
 
   // Handle the dodgy directory used by the drupal project' packaging script.