diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bf80584..80ec241 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ RUN sed -i.bak -r 's/(User|Group) apache/\1 deploy/' /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
 # copy the script to run httpd in foreground
 COPY httpd-foreground /usr/local/bin/
 RUN chown deploy:deploy /usr/local/bin/httpd-foreground
+RUN chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/httpd-foreground
 
 # setup the right permissions for deploy user
 RUN chown -R deploy:deploy /var/www/