diff --git a/tasks/apache.yml b/tasks/apache.yml
index 62d08c3879..77266f070c 100644
--- a/tasks/apache.yml
+++ b/tasks/apache.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 # install hash randomization hotfix
 - name: hotfix - copy over new httpd init script 
   copy: src=$files/hotfix/httpd/httpd.init dest=/etc/init.d/httpd
+        owner=root group=root mode=0755
   notify:
   - restart apache
   tags: