diff --git a/apiary.gemspec b/apiary.gemspec
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index f226744..64d17c8
--- a/apiary.gemspec
+++ b/apiary.gemspec
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env gem build
+# encoding: utf-8
+
 $:.unshift File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
 
 require "apiary/version"