diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 0574399bda3..b7d39649ecd 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@
         <exclude name="scripts.conf"/>
       </fileset>
     </copy>
+    <chmod dir="${example}/solr/bin" perm="755" includes="**"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="dist-example"