diff --git a/elements/ramdisk/cleanup.d/99-extract-ramdisk-files b/elements/ramdisk/cleanup.d/99-extract-ramdisk-files
index ed57f76ca..c03291206 100755
--- a/elements/ramdisk/cleanup.d/99-extract-ramdisk-files
+++ b/elements/ramdisk/cleanup.d/99-extract-ramdisk-files
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 IMAGE_NAME=${IMAGE_NAME:-'image'}
 
+sudo chmod a+r $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/ramdisk $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/kernel
 cp $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/ramdisk $IMAGE_NAME.initramfs
 cp $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/kernel $IMAGE_NAME.kernel