diff --git a/lib/generator.js b/lib/generator.js
index a33d5e8d0..334c2d60f 100644
--- a/lib/generator.js
+++ b/lib/generator.js
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ const generateFile = options => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
   const file_name = options.file_name;
   const root = options.root;
   const data = options.data;
+  const source_path = path.resolve(root, file_name);
 
   if (isFileNonRenderable(file_name, template_config.nonRenderableFiles)) {
     const template_path = path.relative(templates_dir, path.resolve(root, file_name));
     const generated_path = path.resolve(target_dir, template_path);
-    const source_path = path.resolve(root, file_name);
 
     fs.copyFile(source_path, generated_path, (err) => {
       if (err) return reject(err);
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ const generateFile = options => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         const template_path = path.relative(templates_dir, path.resolve(root, file_name));
         const generated_path = path.resolve(target_dir, template_path);
 
-        fs.writeFile(generated_path, parsed_content, 'utf8', (err) => {
+        const stats = fs.statSync(source_path);
+        fs.writeFile(generated_path, parsed_content, {encoding: 'utf8', mode: stats.mode}, (err) => {
           if (err) return reject(err);
           resolve();
         });
diff --git a/templates/java-spring/gradlew b/templates/java-spring/gradlew
old mode 100644
new mode 100755