diff --git a/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php b/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php
index e7ef2d660f02c36ec3a9b20ddbf0dc5788f835cc..94adf1b43f3635491ac9798bb0917efee8e40b0d 100644
--- a/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php
+++ b/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php
@@ -654,6 +654,9 @@ class installer_base {
 		//* Make the global language file directory group writable
 		exec("chmod -R 770 $install_dir/interface/lib/lang");
 		
+		//* Make the temp directory for language file exports writable
+		exec("chmod -R 770 $install_dir/interface/web/temp");
+		
 		//* Make all interface language file directories group writable
 		$handle = @opendir($install_dir.'/interface/web');
 		while ($file = @readdir ($handle)) {