diff --git a/defaults/initrd.scripts b/defaults/initrd.scripts
index 2bd86d7..1f67740 100644
--- a/defaults/initrd.scripts
+++ b/defaults/initrd.scripts
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ setup_squashfs_aufs() {
 
 livecd_init() {
 	good_msg "Making tmpfs for ${NEW_ROOT}"
-	mount -n -t tmpfs tmpfs "${NEW_ROOT}"
+	mount -n -t tmpfs -o mode=0755 tmpfs "${NEW_ROOT}"
 
 	local dirs=