1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test-chmtime.c b/test-chmtime.c
index d5358cbaac..fe476cb618 100644
--- a/test-chmtime.c
+++ b/test-chmtime.c
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 			return -1;
 		}
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+		if (!(sb.st_mode & S_IWUSR) &&
+				chmod(argv[i], sb.st_mode | S_IWUSR)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Could not make user-writable %s: %s",
+				argv[i], strerror(errno));
+			return -1;
+		}
+#endif
+
 		utb.actime = sb.st_atime;
 		utb.modtime = set_eq ? set_time : sb.st_mtime + set_time;