diff --git a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
index b67d3e9019..54f72b6eed 100644
--- a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
+++ b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ class AkkaParentProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
     mainResources +++
     mainDependencies.scalaJars +++
     descendents(info.projectPath / "scripts", "run_akka.sh") +++
+    descendents(info.projectPath / "scripts", "akka-init-script.sh") +++
     descendents(info.projectPath / "dist", "*.jar") +++
     descendents(info.projectPath / "deploy", "*.jar") +++
     descendents(path("lib") ##, "*.jar") +++