diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerator.java b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerator.java
index fd71c0373e..9e04f50110 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerator.java
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/ProjectGenerator.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ class ProjectGenerator {
 				new ByteArrayInputStream(entity.getContent()));
 		try {
 			extractFromStream(zipStream, overwrite, outputFolder);
+			fixExecutableFlag(outputFolder, "mvnw");
+			fixExecutableFlag(outputFolder, "gradlew");
 			Log.info("Project extracted to '" + outputFolder.getAbsolutePath() + "'");
 		}
 		finally {
@@ -158,4 +160,11 @@ class ProjectGenerator {
 		Log.info("Content saved to '" + output + "'");
 	}
 
+	private void fixExecutableFlag(File dir, String fileName) {
+		File f = new File(dir, fileName);
+		if (f.exists()) {
+			f.setExecutable(true, false);
+		}
+	}
+
 }