diff --git a/setup/linux/profile_base/profiledef.sh b/setup/linux/profile_base/profiledef.sh
index 3f177eb4..557ca943 100644
--- a/setup/linux/profile_base/profiledef.sh
+++ b/setup/linux/profile_base/profiledef.sh
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ file_permissions=(
   ["/etc/shadow"]="0:0:0400"
   ["/etc/gshadow"]="0:0:0400"
   ["/etc/skel/.ssh"]="0:0:0700"
+  ["/etc/skel/.ssh/authorized_keys"]="0:0:0600"
   ["/etc/skel/.ssh/id_rsa"]="0:0:0600"
 )