diff --git a/srcpkgs/ltris/template b/srcpkgs/ltris/template
index b2484148df6..98846feaac3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ltris/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ltris/template
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://lgames.sourceforge.net/index.php?project=LTris"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/lgames/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=0ec4ad053e066a296529e923c2f626fa0a19c094c5ae03e44359f9c9e50955a8
+nocheckperms=yes # uses a world-writable .hscr file for global leaderboard
 CFLAGS+=" -fgnu89-inline"