diff --git a/assembly/src/main/descriptors/unix-bin.xml b/assembly/src/main/descriptors/unix-bin.xml
index a1e4d38a1d..592d75ee7d 100644
--- a/assembly/src/main/descriptors/unix-bin.xml
+++ b/assembly/src/main/descriptors/unix-bin.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@
       <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
       <includes>
         <include>bin/activemq</include>
-        <include>bin/env</include>
         <include>bin/diag</include>
         <include>bin/activemq-admin</include>
         <include>bin/macosx/activemq</include>
@@ -107,6 +106,19 @@
       <lineEnding>unix</lineEnding>
     </fileSet>
 
+    <!-- Copy over the unix-script configuration file that need unix line endings and also chmod to 644 -->
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>src/release</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>bin/env</include>
+      </includes>
+      <directoryMode>0755</directoryMode>
+      <fileMode>0644</fileMode>
+      <lineEnding>unix</lineEnding>
+    </fileSet>
+
+
     <!-- Copy over example scripts that need unix line endings and also chmod to 755 -->
     <fileSet>
       <directory>src/release</directory>