diff --git a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/shares/CreateRemoteShareOperation.java b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/shares/CreateRemoteShareOperation.java
index 65bbb0c4..21545222 100644
--- a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/shares/CreateRemoteShareOperation.java
+++ b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/shares/CreateRemoteShareOperation.java
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ public class CreateRemoteShareOperation extends RemoteOperation {
 			if (mPassword != null && mPassword.length() > 0) {
 				post.addParameter(PARAM_PASSWORD, mPassword);
 			}
-			post.addParameter(PARAM_PERMISSIONS, Integer.toString(mPermissions));
+			if (OCShare.DEFAULT_PERMISSION != mPermissions) {
+				post.addParameter(PARAM_PERMISSIONS, Integer.toString(mPermissions));
+			}
 
 			post.addRequestHeader(OCS_API_HEADER, OCS_API_HEADER_VALUE);
             
diff --git a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/shares/OCShare.java b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/shares/OCShare.java
index 16f0c394..644955cc 100644
--- a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/shares/OCShare.java
+++ b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/shares/OCShare.java
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ public class OCShare implements Parcelable, Serializable {
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 4124975224281327921L;
 
 	private static final String TAG = OCShare.class.getSimpleName();
-    
+
+    public static final int DEFAULT_PERMISSION = -1;
+
     private long mId;
     private long mFileSource;
     private long mItemSource;