diff --git a/base/Dockerfile b/base/Dockerfile
index 1316d0e41dc4eacd1fe50e3d79f001ddb8bdb2af..8b0852341eaa2b36d170a4e0a56f0ed3bfa203d6 100644
--- a/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/base/Dockerfile
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ RUN fix-permissions /opt/app-root/ && \
     fix-permissions /tmp/cache/ && \
     fix-permissions /usr/local/share/jupyter/ && \
     fix-permissions /usr/local/etc/jupyter && \
+    fix-permissions /usr/local/lib/R/site-library && \
     fix-permissions /usr/etc/jupyter/
 
 # to support OpenShift's arbitrary UIDs