diff --git a/lib/foreman/export/runit.rb b/lib/foreman/export/runit.rb
index bc7a5f5..3b49aa7 100644
--- a/lib/foreman/export/runit.rb
+++ b/lib/foreman/export/runit.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ class Foreman::Export::Runit < Foreman::Export::Base
 
         run = ERB.new(run_template).result(binding)
         write_file "#{process_directory}/run", run
-
+        FileUtils.chmod 0755, "#{process_directory}/run"
+        
         port = engine.port_for(process, num, options[:port])
         environment_variables = {'PORT' => port}.
             merge(engine.environment).
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ class Foreman::Export::Runit < Foreman::Export::Base
 
         log_run = ERB.new(log_run_template).result(binding)
         write_file "#{process_log_directory}/run", log_run
-
+        FileUtils.chmod 0755, "#{process_log_directory}/run"        
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/foreman/export/runit_spec.rb b/spec/foreman/export/runit_spec.rb
index 9218bfa..2992210 100644
--- a/spec/foreman/export/runit_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/foreman/export/runit_spec.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ describe Foreman::Export::Runit do
   
   before(:each) { load_export_templates_into_fakefs("runit") }
   before(:each) { stub(runit).say }
+  before(:each) { stub(FakeFS::FileUtils).chmod }
   
   it "exports to the filesystem" do
     FileUtils.mkdir_p('/tmp/init')