diff --git a/scripts/patch b/scripts/patch
index 023b320d..31c17281 100755
--- a/scripts/patch
+++ b/scripts/patch
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ patch_apply() {
     bad_files+=("${patch}")
   fi
 
+  if [[ -f "${template}" && -f "${customtt}" ]] ; then
+    chmod --reference="${template}" "${customtt}"
+    chown --reference="${template}" "${customtt}"
+  fi
   rm -f "${patch_output}"
 }