diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 569c2b2..3fdbf05 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## [0.6.1](https://github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-lxc/compare/v0.6.0...master) (unreleased)
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS:
+
+    - Make sure lxc templates are executable prior to `lxc-create` [#128](https://github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-lxc/issues/128)
+
 ## [0.6.0](https://github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-lxc/compare/v0.5.0...v0.6.0) (Sep 12, 2013)
 
 IMPROVEMENTS:
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index fe4aee3..99de709 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ GIT
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    vagrant-lxc (0.6.0)
+    vagrant-lxc (0.6.1.dev)
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver.rb
index aa1133b..7fc4d0c 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver.rb
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ module Vagrant
 
         @logger.debug 'Copying LXC template into place'
         @sudo_wrapper.run('cp', path, tmp_template_path)
+        @sudo_wrapper.run('chmod', '+x', tmp_template_path)
 
         yield template_name
       ensure
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/version.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/version.rb
index a370c7f..7307a16 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/version.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Vagrant
   module LXC
-    VERSION = "0.6.0"
+    VERSION = "0.6.1.dev"
   end
 end