1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/sway/config.c b/sway/config.c
index f46ce882..46faf643 100644
--- a/sway/config.c
+++ b/sway/config.c
@@ -547,8 +547,8 @@ bool load_main_config(const char *file, bool is_active) {
                 list_qsort(secconfigs, qstrcmp);
                 for (int i = 0; i < secconfigs->length; ++i) {
                         char *_path = secconfigs->items[i];
-                        if (stat(_path, &s) || s.st_uid != 0 || s.st_gid != 0 || (s.st_mode & 0777) != 0644) {
-                                sway_log(L_ERROR, "Refusing to load %s - it must be owned by root and mode 644", _path);
+                        if (stat(_path, &s) || s.st_uid != 0 || s.st_gid != 0 || (((s.st_mode & 0777) != 0644) && (s.st_mode & 0777) != 0444)) {
+                                sway_log(L_ERROR, "Refusing to load %s - it must be owned by root and mode 644 or 444", _path);
                                 success = false;
                         } else {
                                 success = success && load_config(_path, config);