Using ExtUtils::MakeMaker if you add:

    dist         => {TARFLAGS => '--create --verbose --mode=0700 --fil
+e '},
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the the WriteMakefile call and use GNU tar 1.13 or later the permissions are set correctly. GNU tar 1.13 is available at time of posting from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html.