diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/npm.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/npm.py
index 47898509ff..a39f1c1998 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/npm.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/npm.py
@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ def npm_unpack(tarball, destdir, d):
     bb.utils.mkdirhier(destdir)
     cmd = "tar --extract --gzip --file=%s" % shlex.quote(tarball)
     cmd += " --no-same-owner"
+    cmd += " --delay-directory-restore"
     cmd += " --strip-components=1"
     runfetchcmd(cmd, d, workdir=destdir)
+    runfetchcmd("chmod -R +X %s" % (destdir), d, quiet=True, workdir=destdir)
 
 class NpmEnvironment(object):
     """