diff --git a/subversion.changes b/subversion.changes
index 7326c40..8759d2a 100644
--- a/subversion.changes
+++ b/subversion.changes
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Tue Aug  2 18:05:00 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
 
 - add versioned runtime dependency on sqlite3 libraries
+- make init script executable
 
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 Sat Jul 30 08:45:05 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
diff --git a/subversion.spec b/subversion.spec
index 38d472d..9498e83 100644
--- a/subversion.spec
+++ b/subversion.spec
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/xinetd.d
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/sbin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/adm/fillup-templates
 cp -aL %{S:13} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/xinetd.d/svnserve
-cp -aL %{S:9} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d/svnserve
+install -m 755 -D %{S:9} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d/svnserve
 ln -sv /etc/init.d/svnserve $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/sbin/rcsvnserve
 cp -aL %{S:10} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/adm/fillup-templates/sysconfig.svnserve
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_fwdefdir}