diff --git a/checkwhitespace.d b/checkwhitespace.d
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new mode 100755
index 1358a17cc9..e2a2760004
--- a/checkwhitespace.d
+++ b/checkwhitespace.d
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env rdmd
 /**
  * License:     $(LINK2 http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt, Boost License 1.0)
  * Source:      $(DMDSRC _checkwhitespace.d)
diff --git a/chmodzip.d b/chmodzip.d
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new mode 100755
index 0476d8072e..5758dbf876
--- a/chmodzip.d
+++ b/chmodzip.d
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env rdmd
 
 import core.stdc.stdlib;
 import std.conv;
diff --git a/ddemangle.d b/ddemangle.d
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new mode 100755
index 3473eb362e..640cbd6938
--- a/ddemangle.d
+++ b/ddemangle.d
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env rdmd
 /**
  * An improved D symbol demangler.
  *
diff --git a/detab.d b/detab.d
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new mode 100755
index 4c56661062..0bb8a69cdb
--- a/detab.d
+++ b/detab.d
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env rdmd
 /* Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
  *    (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
  *          http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
diff --git a/dget.d b/dget.d
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new mode 100755
index 957ce21eab..b64e68d901
--- a/dget.d
+++ b/dget.d
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env rdmd
 //          Copyright Martin Nowak 2012.
 // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
 //    (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
diff --git a/dman.d b/dman.d
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index 4d12aaa023..d676b9dbae
--- a/dman.d
+++ b/dman.d
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env rdmd
 /* Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
  *    (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
  *          http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
diff --git a/get_dlibcurl32.d b/get_dlibcurl32.d
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new mode 100755
index 880b2f1210..6f993ee00e
--- a/get_dlibcurl32.d
+++ b/get_dlibcurl32.d
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env rdmd
 /++
 This Windows-only tool automatically downloads Win32 libcurl binaries and
 generates a libcurl.lib compatible with Win32 DMD (which is needed by
@@ -258,4 +259,4 @@ void implib(string libName)
     auto implibTool = hasImplib? "implib" : buildPath(workDir, `bup\dm\bin\implib.exe`);
     auto libBaseName = baseName(libName);
     run(implibTool~" /s "~quote(libBaseName~".lib")~" "~quote(libBaseName~".dll"));
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/rdmd.d b/rdmd.d
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index 5a83b3e88e..1253fe1f09
--- a/rdmd.d
+++ b/rdmd.d
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env rdmd
 /*
  *  Copyright (C) 2008 by Andrei Alexandrescu
  *  Written by Andrei Alexandrescu, www.erdani.org
diff --git a/rdmd_test.d b/rdmd_test.d
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index 33a0187a7b..b8ce18aece
--- a/rdmd_test.d
+++ b/rdmd_test.d
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env rdmd
 /*
  * Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
  *    (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
diff --git a/tests_extractor.d b/tests_extractor.d
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diff --git a/tolf.d b/tolf.d
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new mode 100755
index 97fa78133d..03256b53c6
--- a/tolf.d
+++ b/tolf.d
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env rdmd
 /* Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
  *    (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
  *          http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)