diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/make.conf.amd64 b/conf/intel/portage/make.conf.amd64
index a5dbc86..cd23b5c 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/make.conf.amd64
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/make.conf.amd64
@@ -62,3 +62,7 @@ PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7"
 # Some more forced targets
 PHP_TARGETS="php5-3"
 RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18"
+
+# Apache suEXEC default UMASK
+# See bug 3544
+SUEXEC_UMASK=022
diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/make.conf.x86 b/conf/intel/portage/make.conf.x86
index e3e3d27..fdd83bb 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/make.conf.x86
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/make.conf.x86
@@ -65,3 +65,7 @@ PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7"
 # Other forced targets
 PHP_TARGETS="php5-3"
 RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18"
+
+# Apache suEXEC default UMASK
+# See bug 3544
+SUEXEC_UMASK=022