diff --git a/policycoreutils.spec b/policycoreutils.spec
index 1e8a9ab..75a64ae 100644
--- a/policycoreutils.spec
+++ b/policycoreutils.spec
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ make -C semodule-utils-%{version} PYTHON=%{__python3} DESTDIR="%{buildroot}" SBI
 
 make -C restorecond-%{version} PYTHON=%{__python3} DESTDIR="%{buildroot}" SBINDIR="%{_sbindir}" LIBDIR="%{_libdir}" LIBSEPOLA="%{_libdir}/libsepol.a" install
 
+# Fix perms on newrole so that objcopy can process it
+chmod 0755 %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/newrole
 
 # Systemd
 rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/restorecond