diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index c2420ad0c..55a077b9d 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - Fix using :opt:`cursor` = ``none`` not working on text that has reverse video (:iss:`5897`)
 
+- Fix ssh kitten not working on FreeBSD (:iss:`5928`)
+
 
 0.26.5 [2022-11-07]
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diff --git a/kittens/ssh/utils.py b/kittens/ssh/utils.py
index fcae4e24b..c501d165e 100644
--- a/kittens/ssh/utils.py
+++ b/kittens/ssh/utils.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def create_shared_memory(data: Any, prefix: str) -> str:
 
     from kitty.shm import SharedMemory
     db = json.dumps(data).encode('utf-8')
-    with SharedMemory(size=len(db) + SharedMemory.num_bytes_for_size, mode=stat.S_IREAD, prefix=prefix) as shm:
+    with SharedMemory(size=len(db) + SharedMemory.num_bytes_for_size, prefix=prefix) as shm:
         shm.write_data_with_size(db)
         shm.flush()
         atexit.register(shm.unlink)