diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index caca64f019a118f9ffa2c8f70172c388a5824404..daffa8fc9459a353011b4c0a978568af244ec861 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -583,6 +583,7 @@ bininstall: all
 	install -m 755 contrib/scripts/autosupport $(DESTDIR)$(ASTSBINDIR)/	
 	if [ ! -f $(DESTDIR)$(ASTSBINDIR)/safe_asterisk ]; then \
 		cat contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk | sed 's|__ASTERISK_SBIN_DIR__|$(ASTSBINDIR)|;' > $(DESTDIR)$(ASTSBINDIR)/safe_asterisk ;\
+		chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(ASTSBINDIR)/safe_asterisk;\
 	fi
 	for x in $(SUBDIRS); do $(MAKE) -C $$x install || exit 1 ; done
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(ASTHEADERDIR)