diff --git a/srcpkgs/warsow/template b/srcpkgs/warsow/template
index a383633ebb4..29a8c61ea90 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/warsow/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/warsow/template
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ do_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share/warsow
 	vcopy "source/source/release/*" usr/share/warsow
 
+	chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/warsow/warsow
 	find ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/warsow -type d | xargs chmod 755
 	find ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/warsow -type f | xargs chmod 755 # only executable files in there