diff --git a/scripts/githooks/pre-commit.sh b/scripts/githooks/pre-commit.sh
index 4dc01574..dc2fe993 100644
--- a/scripts/githooks/pre-commit.sh
+++ b/scripts/githooks/pre-commit.sh
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ HEREDOC
 # Move to the repo root so git files paths make sense
 repo_root=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null)
 cd $repo_root
+chmod +x scripts/githooks/pre-commit.sh
 
 against=HEAD