diff --git a/lib/vquic/vquic.c b/lib/vquic/vquic.c
index 539d9bfeae..562a99e4fe 100644
--- a/lib/vquic/vquic.c
+++ b/lib/vquic/vquic.c
@@ -665,7 +665,11 @@ CURLcode Curl_qlogdir(struct Curl_easy *data,
     if(!result) {
       int qlogfd = curlx_open(curlx_dyn_ptr(&fname),
                               O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | CURL_O_BINARY,
-                              data->set.new_file_perms);
+                              data->set.new_file_perms
+#ifdef _WIN32
+                              & (_S_IREAD | _S_IWRITE)
+#endif
+                              );
       if(qlogfd != -1)
         *qlogfdp = qlogfd;
     }