diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/CompressArchiveUtil.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/CompressArchiveUtil.java
index 5052dda40..2e75bcc41 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/CompressArchiveUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/CompressArchiveUtil.java
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ public static void tar(Path inputPath, Path outputPath, boolean gZipped, boolean
 
         try (TarArchiveOutputStream tarArchiveOutputStream = buildTarStream(outputPath, gZipped)) {
             if (!Files.isDirectory(inputPath)) {
-                putTarEntry(tarArchiveOutputStream, new TarArchiveEntry(inputPath.getFileName().toString()), inputPath);
+                TarArchiveEntry tarEntry = new TarArchiveEntry(inputPath.getFileName().toString());
+                if (inputPath.toFile().canExecute()) {
+                    tarEntry.setMode(tarEntry.getMode() | 0755);
+                }
+                putTarEntry(tarArchiveOutputStream, tarEntry, inputPath);
             } else {
                 Path sourcePath = inputPath;
                 if (!childrenOnly) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/TarDirWalker.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/TarDirWalker.java
index af263ee9c..bbe834ee6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/TarDirWalker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/util/TarDirWalker.java
@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ public FileVisitResult preVisitDirectory(Path dir, BasicFileAttributes attrs) th
 
     @Override
     public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
-        CompressArchiveUtil.putTarEntry(tarArchiveOutputStream,
-                new TarArchiveEntry(FilePathUtil.relativize(basePath, file)), file);
+        TarArchiveEntry tarEntry = new TarArchiveEntry(FilePathUtil.relativize(basePath, file));
+        if (file.toFile().canExecute()) {
+                tarEntry.setMode(tarEntry.getMode() | 0755);
+        }
+        CompressArchiveUtil.putTarEntry(tarArchiveOutputStream, tarEntry, file);
         return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CopyArchiveToContainerCmdImplTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CopyArchiveToContainerCmdImplTest.java
index 06967706f..d96a6ad25 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CopyArchiveToContainerCmdImplTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CopyArchiveToContainerCmdImplTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.isEmptyOrNullString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -117,5 +118,39 @@ public void copyDirWithLastAddedTarEnryEmptyDir() throws Exception{
                 .withHostResource(localDir.toString())
                 .exec();
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void copyFileWithExecutePermission() throws Exception {
+        // create script file, add permission to execute
+        Path scriptPath = Files.createTempFile("run", ".sh");
+        boolean executable = scriptPath.toFile().setExecutable(true, false);
+        if (!executable){
+            throw new Exception("Execute permission on file not set!");
+        }
+        String snippet = "Running script with execute permission.";
+        String scriptTextStr = "#!/bin/sh\necho \"" + snippet + "\"";
+        // write content for created script
+        Files.write(scriptPath, scriptTextStr.getBytes());
+        // create a test container which starts and waits 3 seconds for the
+        // script to be copied to the container's home dir and then executes it
+        String containerCmd = "sleep 3; /home/" + scriptPath.getFileName().toString();
+        CreateContainerResponse container = dockerClient.createContainerCmd("busybox")
+                .withName("test")
+                .withCmd("/bin/sh", "-c", containerCmd)
+                .exec();
+        // start the container
+        dockerClient.startContainerCmd(container.getId()).exec();
+        // copy script to container home dir
+        dockerClient.copyArchiveToContainerCmd(container.getId())
+                .withRemotePath("/home")
+                .withHostResource(scriptPath.toString())
+                .exec();
+        // await exid code
+        int exitCode = dockerClient.waitContainerCmd(container.getId())
+                .exec(new WaitContainerResultCallback())
+                .awaitStatusCode();
+        // check result
+        assertThat(exitCode, equalTo(0));
+    }
 
 }