diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 22658f31..d0100531 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ ostree (2017.12-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
       should fix test failures on hppa.
   * d/p/2017.13/tests-Add-test-pull-bareuseronly.patch:
     Add more test coverage from upstream
+    - d/rules: Make the new test executable
 
  -- Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>  Mon, 16 Oct 2017 10:13:54 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 9e7236f3..60855cbc 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 
 override_dh_auto_test-arch:
 ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+	chmod +x tests/test-pull-bareuseronly.sh
 	debian/test.sh
 endif