diff --git a/gen_initramfs.sh b/gen_initramfs.sh
index 5b79fa7..80802c6 100644
--- a/gen_initramfs.sh
+++ b/gen_initramfs.sh
@@ -384,6 +384,9 @@ create_initramfs_aux() {
 		fi
 	fi
 
+	# Make sure it's executable
+	chmod 0755 "${TEMP}/initramfs-aux-temp/init"
+
 	# Make a symlink to init .. incase we are bundled inside the kernel as one big cpio.
 	cd ${TEMP}/initramfs-aux-temp
 	ln -s init linuxrc
diff --git a/gen_initrd.sh b/gen_initrd.sh
index aac951b..ad8e88e 100644
--- a/gen_initrd.sh
+++ b/gen_initrd.sh
@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ create_initrd_aux() {
 		fi
 	fi
 
+	# Make sure it's executable
+	chmod 0755 "${TEMP}/initrd-temp/linuxrc"
+
 	if [ -f "${GK_SHARE}/${ARCH}/initrd.scripts" ]
 	then
 		cp "${GK_SHARE}/${ARCH}/initrd.scripts" "${TEMP}/initrd-temp/etc/initrd.scripts"