diff --git a/scripts/asfvolt-driver-package.sh b/scripts/asfvolt-driver-package.sh
index 71ee2aa..b6f7d62 100755
--- a/scripts/asfvolt-driver-package.sh
+++ b/scripts/asfvolt-driver-package.sh
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 
 # add voltha driver startup scripts
 cp -p ${ASFSCR_TOPDIR}/voltha_init_sh voltha_init.sh
+chmod 755 voltha_init.sh
 
 #extract ASFvOLT16 BAL/Maple built release tarball
 cd ..
diff --git a/scripts/voltha_init_sh b/scripts/voltha_init_sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755