diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/logrotate/cron b/cluster/saltbase/salt/logrotate/cron
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index fc02cd00e2e..f8a2a3d33d2
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/logrotate/cron
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/logrotate/cron
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
 logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/logrotate/init.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/logrotate/init.sls
index 656a7d39405..ace62335bd2 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/logrotate/init.sls
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/logrotate/init.sls
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ logrotate:
     - template: jinja
     - user: root
     - group: root
-    - mode: 644
+    - mode: 755