diff --git a/roles/planet/tasks/main.yml b/roles/planet/tasks/main.yml
index 0b11f2bf25..c00b0fbda7 100644
--- a/roles/planet/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/planet/tasks/main.yml
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@
 #    - planet_server
 
 - name: copy the run planet-config script into /usr/local/bin
-  copy: src=pull-run-planet-config.sh dest=/usr/local/bin/pull-run-planet-config.sh
+  copy: src=pull-run-planet-config.sh dest=/usr/local/bin/pull-run-planet-config.sh mode=755
   tags:
     - planet_server
 
 - name: copy the planetconfigbuilder.py script into /usr/local/bin
-  copy: src=planetconfigbuilder.py dest=/usr/local/bin/planetconfigbuilder.py
+  copy: src=planetconfigbuilder.py dest=/usr/local/bin/planetconfigbuilder.py mode=755
   tags:
     - planet_server