diff --git a/p4RemoveUnversioned.py b/p4RemoveUnversioned.py
index 91b2bb4..3231267 100644
--- a/p4RemoveUnversioned.py
+++ b/p4RemoveUnversioned.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # todo: switch to faster method of calling p4 fstat on an entire directory and parsing it's output
 # todo: add option of using send2trash
 
-import inspect, os, re, subprocess, sys, traceback
+import inspect, os, re, stat, subprocess, sys, traceback
 
 
 re_remove_comment = re.compile( "#.*$" )
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ def main( ):
                 continue
 
             print( "| " + file + " is unversioned, removing it." )
+            os.chmod( path, stat.S_IWRITE )
             os.remove( path )
 
         dirs_copy = dirs