diff --git a/pkg/imager/filemap/filemap.go b/pkg/imager/filemap/filemap.go
index c70284ce6b..ff045dd573 100644
--- a/pkg/imager/filemap/filemap.go
+++ b/pkg/imager/filemap/filemap.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 type File struct {
 	ImagePath  string
 	SourcePath string
+	ImageMode  int64
 }
 
 // Walk the filesystem generating a filemap.
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ func build(filemap []File) io.ReadCloser {
 					if err = w.WriteHeader(&tar.Header{
 						Name: entry.ImagePath,
 						Size: st.Size(),
+						Mode: entry.ImageMode,
 					}); err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
diff --git a/pkg/imager/out.go b/pkg/imager/out.go
index 7af7a11ea0..4ca8da07f4 100644
--- a/pkg/imager/out.go
+++ b/pkg/imager/out.go
@@ -427,24 +427,22 @@ func (i *Imager) outInstaller(ctx context.Context, path string, report *reporter
 		for _, extraArtifact := range []struct {
 			sourcePath string
 			imagePath  string
+			mode       os.FileMode
 		}{
 			{
 				sourcePath: filepath.Join(i.tempDir, constants.ImagerOverlayArtifactsPath),
-				imagePath:  constants.ImagerOverlayArtifactsPath,
+				imagePath:  strings.TrimLeft(constants.ImagerOverlayArtifactsPath, "/"),
 			},
 			{
 				sourcePath: filepath.Join(i.tempDir, constants.ImagerOverlayInstallersPath, i.prof.Overlay.Name),
-				imagePath:  constants.ImagerOverlayInstallerDefaultPath,
+				imagePath:  strings.TrimLeft(constants.ImagerOverlayInstallerDefaultPath, "/"),
+				mode:       0o755,
 			},
 			{
 				sourcePath: filepath.Join(i.tempDir, constants.ImagerOverlayExtraOptionsPath),
-				imagePath:  constants.ImagerOverlayExtraOptionsPath,
+				imagePath:  strings.TrimLeft(constants.ImagerOverlayExtraOptionsPath, "/"),
 			},
 		} {
-			if extraArtifact.sourcePath == "" {
-				continue
-			}
-
 			var extraFiles []filemap.File
 
 			extraFiles, err = filemap.Walk(extraArtifact.sourcePath, extraArtifact.imagePath)
@@ -452,6 +450,10 @@ func (i *Imager) outInstaller(ctx context.Context, path string, report *reporter
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to walk extra artifact %s: %w", extraArtifact.sourcePath, err)
 			}
 
+			for i := range extraFiles {
+				extraFiles[i].ImageMode = int64(extraArtifact.mode)
+			}
+
 			overlayArtifacts = append(overlayArtifacts, extraFiles...)
 		}