diff --git a/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/util/OSUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/util/OSUtils.java
index 88e6c48a..804433c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/util/OSUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/util/OSUtils.java
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ private static boolean isWindows() {
         return OS.contains("win");
     }
 
-    private static boolean isMac() {
+    public static boolean isMac() {
         return OS.contains("mac");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/util/ToolUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/util/ToolUtil.java
index 7fe03c1c..9502f9b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/util/ToolUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/util/ToolUtil.java
@@ -566,8 +566,12 @@ private static void downloadAndSetupDependency(HttpURLConnection conn, PrintStre
         zipFile = Paths.get(zipFileLocation).toFile();
         downloadFile(conn, zipFileLocation, dependency, printStream);
         unzip(zipFileLocation, dependencyLocation);
-        addExecutablePermissionToFile(new File(dependencyLocation + File.separator + dependency
-                + File.separator + "bin" + File.separator + "java"));
+        if(OSUtils.isMac()) {
+            addExecutablePermissionToDirectory(dependencyLocation + File.separator + dependency);
+        } else {
+            addExecutablePermissionToFile(new File(dependencyLocation + File.separator + dependency
+                    + File.separator + "bin" + File.separator + "java"));
+        }
         if (zipFile.exists()) {
             zipFile.delete();
         }
@@ -800,4 +804,15 @@ public static String getTypeName(String version) {
             return preview;
         }
     }
+
+    private static void addExecutablePermissionToDirectory(String filePath) {
+        Process process;
+        try {
+            process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("chmod -R 755 " + filePath);
+            process.waitFor();
+        } catch (InterruptedException | IOException e) {
+            throw ErrorUtil.createCommandException("permission denied: you do not have write access to '" + filePath
+                    + "'");
+        }
+    }
 }