diff --git a/client/pom.xml b/client/pom.xml
index e82660b8704..cda6ab8b4e7 100644
--- a/client/pom.xml
+++ b/client/pom.xml
@@ -271,6 +271,10 @@
                 <copy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-webapp/WEB-INF/classes/scripts">
                   <fileset dir="${basedir}/../scripts" />
                 </copy>
+                <!--  CLOUDSTACK-1304 -->
+                <chmod perm="755" >
+                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/target/generated-webapp/WEB-INF/classes/scripts" />
+                </chmod>
                 <copy
                   todir="${basedir}/target/generated-webapp/WEB-INF/">
                   <fileset dir="${basedir}/WEB-INF/">