diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mingetty-wrapper/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mingetty-wrapper/builder.sh
index 76bce393c8e1..0295faa8d2eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mingetty-wrapper/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mingetty-wrapper/builder.sh
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ cat > $out/sbin/mingetty << END
 #! $SHELL -e
 exec $mingetty/sbin/mingetty --loginprog=$shadowutils/bin/login "\$@"
 END
+
+chmod +x $out/sbin/mingetty