diff --git a/scm-server/src/main/nativepkg/create-user b/scm-server/src/main/nativepkg/create-user
index 82398c513c..3ffe4972ce 100644
--- a/scm-server/src/main/nativepkg/create-user
+++ b/scm-server/src/main/nativepkg/create-user
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
 getent group scm >/dev/null || groupadd -r scm
 getent passwd scm >/dev/null || \
     useradd -r -g scm -M -s /sbin/nologin \
     -c "user for the scm-server process" scm
-exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
+exit 0