diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a8108968665..181fa811543 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-12-20  Akinori MUSHA  <knu@iDaemons.org>  (tiny change)
+
+	* Makefile.in (install-arch-dep): Ignore chmod errors.  (Bug#13233)
+
 2012-12-13  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
 	* info/dir: Add bovine, wisent.
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index bec9b0eea14..657884c8498 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ install-arch-dep: src install-arch-indep install-doc
 	    INSTALL_STRIP=${INSTALL_STRIP}
 	if test "${ns_self_contained}" = "no"; then \
 	  ${INSTALL_PROGRAM} $(INSTALL_STRIP) src/emacs${EXEEXT} $(DESTDIR)${bindir}/$(EMACSFULL) || exit 1 ; \
-	  chmod 1755 $(DESTDIR)${bindir}/$(EMACSFULL) ; \
+	  chmod 1755 $(DESTDIR)${bindir}/$(EMACSFULL) || true; \
 	  if test "x${NO_BIN_LINK}" = x; then \
 	    rm -f $(DESTDIR)${bindir}/$(EMACS) ; \
 	    cd $(DESTDIR)${bindir} && $(LN_S) $(EMACSFULL) $(EMACS); \