diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5e20019..66febf2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ TAR	= tar -czvf
 all: subdirs
 
 subdirs:
-	@for i in $(SUBDIRS); do (cd $$i && $(MAKE)) || exit; done
+	@for i in $(SUBDIRS); do (cd "$$i" && $(MAKE)) || exit; done
 
 clean:
-	@for i in $(SUBDIRS); do (cd $$i && $(MAKE) clean) || exit; done
+	@for i in $(SUBDIRS); do (cd "$$i" && $(MAKE) clean) || exit; done
 
 distclean:
-	@for i in $(SUBDIRS); do (cd $$i && $(MAKE) distclean) || exit; done
+	@for i in $(SUBDIRS); do (cd "$$i" && $(MAKE) distclean) || exit; done
 
 dist:
 	$(RM) -r -- $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ dist:
 	$(RM) -- $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
 
 install:
-	@for i in $(SUBDIRS); do (cd $$i && $(MAKE) install) || exit; done
+	@for i in $(SUBDIRS); do (cd "$$i" && $(MAKE) install) || exit; done
 
 uninstall:
-	@for i in $(SUBDIRS); do (cd $$i && $(MAKE) uninstall) || exit; done
+	@for i in $(SUBDIRS); do (cd "$$i" && $(MAKE) uninstall) || exit; done
 
 .PHONY: all subdirs clean distclean dist install uninstall
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 3fb63b6..b2eeeed 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CFLAGSF	= -W
 CFLAGS	= -Wall -g -O2 -pedantic
 RM	= rm -f
 LN	= ln -f
-MKDIR	= mkdir -p
+MKDIR	= mkdir -m 0755 -p
 INSTALL	= install