diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 16f6c9fa5..d772c0df0 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1668,6 +1668,11 @@
             <tarfileset dir="../i2p-${Extended.Version}" prefix="/i2p-${Extended.Version}">
                 <include name="**/**" />
                 <exclude name="debian/**"/>
+                <exclude name="**/*.sh"/>
+            </tarfileset>
+            <tarfileset dir="../i2p-${Extended.Version}" prefix="/i2p-${Extended.Version}" filemode="755">
+                <exclude name="debian/**" />
+                <include name="**/*.sh" />
             </tarfileset>
         </tar>
     </target>