diff --git a/tasks/nagios_client.yml b/tasks/nagios_client.yml
index 21cd848a5c..12c9f036d6 100644
--- a/tasks/nagios_client.yml
+++ b/tasks/nagios_client.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   - packages
 
 - name: install local nrpe check scripts that are not packaged
-  copy: src=$files/nagios/client/scripts/$item dest=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/$item
+  copy: src=$files/nagios/client/scripts/$item dest=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/$item mode=0755 owner=nagios group=nagios
   with_items:
   - check_postfix_queue
   - check_raid.py