diff --git a/resources/ci/common/prepare_release.py b/resources/ci/common/prepare_release.py
index 802c9d16..668db67f 100644
--- a/resources/ci/common/prepare_release.py
+++ b/resources/ci/common/prepare_release.py
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ if len(BUILD_FILENAMES) > 0:
       		os.path.join(".",BUILD_FILENAME)
       	)
 
+  # Make Linux/Mac binary executable
+  if "linux" in env["OS_NAME"] or "ubuntu" in env["OS_NAME"] or "mac" in env["OS_NAME"] or "osx" in env["OS_NAME"]:
+    os.chmod(BUILD_FILENAME,0o755)
+
 	# .zip if windows
 	# .tar.gz otherwise
   ZIP_FILENAME = os.path.join("..","deploy",os.path.splitext(BUILD_FILENAME)[0])