diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 8b7b340e7..f13cd49e4 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	ErrKeyFileIncorrectPermission = errors.New("key file must have 0600 permission")
+	ErrKeyFileIncorrectPermission = errors.New("key file others permissions must be set to 0")
 	ErrKeysNotSet                 = errors.New("one of key-file or keys must be provided")
 )
 
@@ -547,9 +547,10 @@ func (conf *Config) ToCLIFlagNames(existingFlags []cli.Flag) map[string]reflect.
 func (conf *Config) ValidateKeys() error {
 	// prefer keyfile if set
 	if conf.KeyFile != "" {
+		var otherFilter os.FileMode = 0007
 		if st, err := os.Stat(conf.KeyFile); err != nil {
 			return err
-		} else if st.Mode().Perm() != 0600 {
+		} else if st.Mode().Perm()&otherFilter != 0000 {
 			return ErrKeyFileIncorrectPermission
 		}
 		f, err := os.Open(conf.KeyFile)
diff --git a/pkg/service/wire.go b/pkg/service/wire.go
index 126542780..bb8451e05 100644
--- a/pkg/service/wire.go
+++ b/pkg/service/wire.go
@@ -87,10 +87,11 @@ func getNodeID(currentNode routing.LocalNode) livekit.NodeID {
 func createKeyProvider(conf *config.Config) (auth.KeyProvider, error) {
 	// prefer keyfile if set
 	if conf.KeyFile != "" {
+		var otherFilter os.FileMode = 0007
 		if st, err := os.Stat(conf.KeyFile); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
-		} else if st.Mode().Perm() != 0600 {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("key file must have permission set to 600")
+		} else if st.Mode().Perm()&otherFilter != 0000 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("key file others permissions must be set to 0")
 		}
 		f, err := os.Open(conf.KeyFile)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/service/wire_gen.go b/pkg/service/wire_gen.go
index 1ce19893a..ec817449d 100644
--- a/pkg/service/wire_gen.go
+++ b/pkg/service/wire_gen.go
@@ -132,10 +132,11 @@ func getNodeID(currentNode routing.LocalNode) livekit.NodeID {
 func createKeyProvider(conf *config.Config) (auth.KeyProvider, error) {
 
 	if conf.KeyFile != "" {
+		var otherFilter os.FileMode = 0007
 		if st, err := os.Stat(conf.KeyFile); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
-		} else if st.Mode().Perm() != 0600 {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("key file must have permission set to 600")
+		} else if st.Mode().Perm()&otherFilter != 0000 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("key file others permission must be set to 0")
 		}
 		f, err := os.Open(conf.KeyFile)
 		if err != nil {