diff --git a/kernel-open/dkms.conf b/kernel-open/dkms.conf
index aef54d352..fa0898ad2 100644
--- a/kernel-open/dkms.conf
+++ b/kernel-open/dkms.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ PACKAGE_NAME="nvidia"
 PACKAGE_VERSION="__VERSION_STRING"
 AUTOINSTALL="yes"
 
+# Ensure shell scripts are executable before building. DKMS may not preserve
+# file permissions when copying source to the build directory.
+PRE_BUILD="find . -type f -name '*.sh' -exec chmod +x {} +"
+
 # By default, DKMS will add KERNELRELEASE to the make command line; however,
 # this will cause the kernel module build to infer that it was invoked via
 # Kbuild directly instead of DKMS. The dkms(8) manual page recommends quoting