diff --git a/srcpkgs/db/template b/srcpkgs/db/template
index 44dfdc12ba..a8a7eaa282 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/db/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/db/template
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ distfiles="http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=e0491a07cdb21fb9aa82773bbbedaeb7639cbd0e7f96147ab46141e0045db72a
 
 post_install() {
+	chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/*
 	vmove "usr/docs/*" usr/share/doc/${pkgname}-${version}
 	rmdir ${DESTDIR}/usr/docs
 }