diff --git a/tools/multi_nodes_gate/airship_gate/stages/pegleg-collect.sh b/tools/multi_nodes_gate/airship_gate/stages/pegleg-collect.sh
index a82b1fd6..228edbc2 100755
--- a/tools/multi_nodes_gate/airship_gate/stages/pegleg-collect.sh
+++ b/tools/multi_nodes_gate/airship_gate/stages/pegleg-collect.sh
@@ -88,3 +88,10 @@ then
 else
   collect_design_docs
 fi
+
+# TODO(dc6350): as of 11/4/2019, Pegleg is running as root and
+# producing files with permission 640, and Promenade tasks running
+# as non-root users cannot read them. This line makes the files
+# world-readable and can be removed when Pegleg is no longer
+# running as root.
+sudo chmod 644 "${DEFINITION_DEPOT}"*.yaml
diff --git a/tools/multi_nodes_gate/airship_gate/stages/pegleg-render.sh b/tools/multi_nodes_gate/airship_gate/stages/pegleg-render.sh
index 317735e2..1132d928 100755
--- a/tools/multi_nodes_gate/airship_gate/stages/pegleg-render.sh
+++ b/tools/multi_nodes_gate/airship_gate/stages/pegleg-render.sh
@@ -75,3 +75,10 @@ collect_rendered_doc() {
 
 log "Collecting rendered document to ${RENDERED_DEPOT}"
 collect_rendered_doc
+
+# TODO(dc6350): as of 11/4/2019, Pegleg is running as root and
+# producing files with permission 640, and Promenade tasks running
+# as non-root users cannot read them. This line makes the files
+# world-readable and can be removed when Pegleg is no longer
+# running as root.
+sudo chmod 644 "${RENDERED_DEPOT}"*.yaml