diff --git a/hbase/Dockerfile b/hbase/Dockerfile
index 7b9db6c3e..28c41da49 100644
--- a/hbase/Dockerfile
+++ b/hbase/Dockerfile
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ ARG DELETE_CACHES="true"
 # does not work, so please ignore the according warning (SC2016).
 COPY --chown=${STACKABLE_USER_UID}:0 hbase/stackable/bin/hbck2.env /stackable/bin/
 COPY --chown=${STACKABLE_USER_UID}:0 hbase/stackable/patches /stackable/patches
-COPY --chown=${STACKABLE_USER_UID}:0 hbase/stackable/bin/hbase-entrypoint.sh /stackable/bin/
+COPY --chown=${STACKABLE_USER_UID}:0 --chmod u+x hbase/stackable/bin/hbase-entrypoint.sh /stackable/bin/
 
 USER ${STACKABLE_USER_UID}
 WORKDIR /stackable
diff --git a/hbase/stackable/bin/hbase-entrypoint.sh b/hbase/stackable/bin/hbase-entrypoint.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755