diff --git a/packages/addons/tools/system-tools/source/bin/7z b/packages/addons/tools/system-tools/source/bin/7z
index e77b430999..28a899b2b8 100644
--- a/packages/addons/tools/system-tools/source/bin/7z
+++ b/packages/addons/tools/system-tools/source/bin/7z
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-exec /storage/.kodi/addons/virtual.system-tools/lib/p7zip/7z "$@"
+file=/storage/.kodi/addons/virtual.system-tools/lib/p7zip/7z
+[ ! -x ${file} ] && chmod +x ${file}
+exec ${file} "$@"
diff --git a/packages/addons/tools/system-tools/source/bin/7za b/packages/addons/tools/system-tools/source/bin/7za
index 659ee61447..34146e5c63 100644
--- a/packages/addons/tools/system-tools/source/bin/7za
+++ b/packages/addons/tools/system-tools/source/bin/7za
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-exec /storage/.kodi/addons/virtual.system-tools/lib/p7zip/7za "$@"
+file=/storage/.kodi/addons/virtual.system-tools/lib/p7zip/7za
+[ ! -x ${file} ] && chmod +x ${file}
+exec ${file} "$@"