diff --git a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvm64template/postinstall.sh b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvm64template/postinstall.sh
index d33b943b47a..3755b525aab 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvm64template/postinstall.sh
+++ b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvm64template/postinstall.sh
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ EOF
 
 fix_vhdutil() {
   wget --no-check-certificate http://download.cloud.com.s3.amazonaws.com/tools/vhd-util -O /bin/vhd-util
+  chmod a+x /bin/vhd-util
 }
 
 do_fixes() {
diff --git a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvm64template/zerodisk.sh b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvm64template/zerodisk.sh
index 25bd8c4af2d..b00f7ae7ccc 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvm64template/zerodisk.sh
+++ b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvm64template/zerodisk.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ rm -fv .veewee_version .veewee_params .vbox_version
 echo "Cleaning up"
 
 # Zero out the free space to save space in the final image:
-for path in / /boot /usr /var /opt /tmp
+for path in / /boot /usr /var /opt /tmp /home
 do
   dd if=/dev/zero of=$path/zero bs=1M
   sync