diff --git a/kernel.go b/kernel.go
index cc921d2..3a87704 100644
--- a/kernel.go
+++ b/kernel.go
@@ -620,6 +620,15 @@ func genDockerKernels(dii dockerImageInfo, newkcfg *config.KernelConfig,
 			RootFS: rootfs,
 		}
 		newkcfg.Kernels = append(newkcfg.Kernels, ki)
+
+		err = os.Chmod(ki.KernelPath, 0666)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		err = os.Chmod(ki.InitrdPath, 0666)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	return