1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/acprep b/acprep
index 4ebd6914..88b84c08 100755
--- a/acprep
+++ b/acprep
@@ -1646,6 +1646,7 @@ class PrepareBuild(CommandLineApp):
             try:
                 shutil.rmtree(self.build_directory())
             except:
+                self.execute('chmod', '-R', 'u+w', self.build_directory())
                 self.execute('rm', '-fr', self.build_directory())
 
     def phase_distcheck(self, *args):