diff --git a/scripts/githooks/pre-commit.sh b/scripts/githooks/pre-commit.sh
index b4321327..18d6d72b 100644
--- a/scripts/githooks/pre-commit.sh
+++ b/scripts/githooks/pre-commit.sh
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ shouldFail=false
 for file in $( git diff-index --cached --name-only $against ); do
 	file_size=$(([ ! -f $file ] && echo 0) || (ls -la "$file" | awk '{ print $5 }'))
 	if [ "$file_size" -gt  "$limit" ] && { grep -qs ".github/release-drafter.yml" $file ;}; then
+      chmod +x scripts/githooks/pre-commit.sh
     printError "File $file is $(( $file_size / 10**6 )) MB, which is larger than our configured limit of $limitInMB MB" 
 shouldFail=true 
 printError "File $file is $(( $file_size / 10**6 )) MB, which is larger than our configured limit of $limitInMB MB"