diff --git a/Alien/Package.pm b/Alien/Package.pm
index 0ff5fcd..49933c1 100644
--- a/Alien/Package.pm
+++ b/Alien/Package.pm
@@ -304,6 +304,12 @@ sub DESTROY {
 	if ($this->unpacked_tree eq '/') {
 		die "alien internal error: unpacked_tree is set to '/'. Please file a bug report!";
 	}
+
+	# Just in case some dir perms are too screwed up for rm to work and
+	# we're not running as root. NB: can't use xargs
+	$this->do('find', $this->unpacked_tree, '-type', 'd', 
+	                  '-exec', 'chmod', '755', '{}', ';');
+	
 	$this->do('rm', '-rf', $this->unpacked_tree)
 		or die "unable to delete temporary directory '".$this->unpacked_tree."': $!";
 	$this->unpacked_tree('');	
diff --git a/Alien/Package/Lsb.pm b/Alien/Package/Lsb.pm
index b31af31..7394925 100644
--- a/Alien/Package/Lsb.pm
+++ b/Alien/Package/Lsb.pm
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ sub revert {
 
 =item build
 
-Uses the parent's build command. If a lsb-rpm is available, uses it to build
+Uses the parent's build method. If a lsb-rpm is available, uses it to build
 the package.
 
 =cut