diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/minicoredumper/minicoredumper_2.0.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/minicoredumper/minicoredumper_2.0.1.bb
index 0b934ee2d8..76b1d73fe6 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/minicoredumper/minicoredumper_2.0.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/minicoredumper/minicoredumper_2.0.1.bb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ do_install:append() {
     install -d ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}
     install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/minicoredumper.service ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}
     install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
-    install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/minicoredumper.init ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/minicoredumper
+    install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/minicoredumper.init ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/minicoredumper
 
     # correct path of minicoredumper
     sed -i -e s:/usr/bin/minicoredumper:${sbindir}/minicoredumper:g ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/minicoredumper