diff --git a/docs/en_US/release_notes_4_7.rst b/docs/en_US/release_notes_4_7.rst
index 0f7e718e4..2c044047e 100644
--- a/docs/en_US/release_notes_4_7.rst
+++ b/docs/en_US/release_notes_4_7.rst
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ Bug fixes
 | `Bug #4246 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/4246>`_ - Fixed console error when subnode control is used in panels.
 | `Bug #4261 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/4261>`_ - Stop using application/x-javascript as a mime type and use the RFC-compliant application/javascript instead.
 | `Bug #4262 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/4262>`_ - Fixed error on displaying table properties of a table partitioned by list having a default partition.
-| `Bug #4269 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/4269>`_ - Fix navigation of switch cells in grids.
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+| `Bug #4269 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/4269>`_ - Fix navigation of switch cells in grids.
+| `Bug #4276 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/4276>`_ - Relax the permission check on the directory containing the config database, as it may fail in some environments such as OpenShift.
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diff --git a/web/pgadmin/setup/data_directory.py b/web/pgadmin/setup/data_directory.py
index 8e9ca3211..300dc7847 100644
--- a/web/pgadmin/setup/data_directory.py
+++ b/web/pgadmin/setup/data_directory.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 ##########################################################################
 
 import os
+from flask import current_app
 
 
 def _create_directory_if_not_exists(_path):
@@ -21,7 +22,15 @@ def create_app_data_directory(config):
     """
     # Create the directory containing the configuration file (if not present).
     _create_directory_if_not_exists(os.path.dirname(config.SQLITE_PATH))
-    os.chmod(os.path.dirname(config.SQLITE_PATH), 0o700)
+    # Try to set the permissions on the direectory, but don't complain
+    # if we can't. This may be the case on a mounted directory, e.g. in
+    # OpenShift. We'll still secure the config database anyway.
+    try:
+        os.chmod(os.path.dirname(config.SQLITE_PATH), 0o700)
+    except Exception as e:
+        # The flask app isn't setup yet, so we can't use the logger
+        print('WARNING: Failed to set ACL on the directory containing the '
+              'configuration database: {}'.format(e))
 
     # Create the directory containing the log file (if not present).
     _create_directory_if_not_exists(os.path.dirname(config.LOG_FILE))