diff --git a/js/npm.templates/kotlin-compiler/bin/kotlinc-js-runner.js b/js/npm.templates/kotlin-compiler/bin/kotlinc-js-runner.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be7e2ba38e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/npm.templates/kotlin-compiler/bin/kotlinc-js-runner.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+
+var execPath = __dirname + '/kotlinc-js';
+var args = process.argv.slice(2);
+
+spawn('"' + execPath + '"', args, { stdio: "inherit", shell: true });
diff --git a/js/npm.templates/kotlin-compiler/package.json b/js/npm.templates/kotlin-compiler/package.json
index a3ba98a4816..ff1651e537c 100644
--- a/js/npm.templates/kotlin-compiler/package.json
+++ b/js/npm.templates/kotlin-compiler/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "kotlinlang.org",
   "bin": {
-    "kotlinc-js": "bin/kotlinc-js"
+    "kotlinc-js": "bin/kotlinc-js-runner.js"
   },
   "publishConfig" : {
     "tag" : "dev"
diff --git a/node_utils.xml b/node_utils.xml
index 25c9e3e3ebc..31ed30ce36c 100644
--- a/node_utils.xml
+++ b/node_utils.xml
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@
             <copy todir="${package_deploy_dir}" failonerror="true" >
                 <fileset dir="${output}/kotlinc" />
             </copy>
+            <chmod perm="ugo+rx">
+                <fileset dir="${package_deploy_dir}/bin/">
+                    <include name="kotlinc"/>
+                    <include name="kotlinc-js"/>
+                    <include name="kotlinc-jvm"/>
+                </fileset>
+            </chmod>
         </publish-to-npm>
     </target>