diff --git a/apps/picard/install_2.18.11.sh b/apps/picard/install_2.18.11.sh
index 44cec5a8d80090c013fc1c49a1cb66b9eea1a118..7dd46835928e52755840d1eda4a0830479e72992 100755
--- a/apps/picard/install_2.18.11.sh
+++ b/apps/picard/install_2.18.11.sh
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ mkdir -p ${PICARD_VERSION}/bin
 curl -k -L https://github.com/broadinstitute/picard/releases/download/${PICARD_VERSION}/picard.jar -o picard.jar
 mv picard.jar ${PICARD_VERSION}/bin/
 cp PicardCommandLine ${PICARD_VERSION}/bin/
+chmod +x ${PICARD_VERSION}/bin/PicardCommandLine