diff --git a/srcpkgs/lbreakout2/template b/srcpkgs/lbreakout2/template
index 00eee1c2903..8368195ae4a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lbreakout2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lbreakout2/template
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://lgames.sourceforge.net"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/lgames/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=9104d6175553da3442dc6a5fc407a669e2f5aff3eedc5d30409eb003b7a78d6f
+nocheckperms=yes # uses a world-writable .hscr file for global leaderboard
 
 post_install() {
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/lbreakout2.desktop 644 usr/share/applications