diff --git a/cmk/base/automation_helper.py b/cmk/base/automation_helper.py
index 3647252ea27..adf13020f03 100644
--- a/cmk/base/automation_helper.py
+++ b/cmk/base/automation_helper.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def __init__(self, app: FastAPI, cfg: ApplicationServerConfig) -> None:
         self._app = app
         self._options = {
             "daemon": cfg.daemon,
+            "umask": 0o077,
             "bind": APPLICATION_SOCKET,
             "workers": APPLICATION_WORKER_COUNT,
             "worker_class": APPLICATION_WORKER_CLASS,
diff --git a/tests/integration/omd/test_init_scripts.py b/tests/integration/omd/test_init_scripts.py
index cd93715a2c7..c5b722ba06a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/omd/test_init_scripts.py
+++ b/tests/integration/omd/test_init_scripts.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ def test_init_scripts(site: Site) -> None:
     scripts = {
         "agent-receiver",
         "apache",
+        "automation-helper",
         "cmk-ui-jobs",
         "core",
         "crontab",