diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 0bfb4ea9..023a47ce
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 		prefix=/usr \
 		cfg_target=/etc/$(APP_NAME)/
 
+	dh_python2
 	dh_python2 /usr/lib/$(APP_NAME)
 
 override_dh_strip: