diff --git a/package/gptfdisk/gptfdisk.mk b/package/gptfdisk/gptfdisk.mk
index 656a18761d..988eecf084 100644
--- a/package/gptfdisk/gptfdisk.mk
+++ b/package/gptfdisk/gptfdisk.mk
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ endef
 
 define GPTFDISK_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	for i in $(GPTFDISK_TARGETS_y); do \
-	    $(INSTALL) -D $(@D)/$$i $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/; \
+	    $(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/$$i $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/$$i; \
 	done
 endef