diff --git a/modules/system/system.install b/modules/system/system.install
index 9a4be939603..ac8f7f0be70 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.install
+++ b/modules/system/system.install
@@ -2745,6 +2745,17 @@ function system_update_6056() {
   return $ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Overwrite the .htaccess in the files and temp directory for PHP 7.
+ */
+function system_update_6057() {
+  include_once './includes/file.inc';
+  $ret = array();
+  file_create_htaccess(file_directory_path(), NULL, TRUE);
+  file_create_htaccess(file_directory_temp(), NULL, TRUE);
+  return $ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * @} End of "defgroup updates-6.x-extra".
  * The next series of updates should start at 7000.