diff --git a/luci-app-run/Makefile b/luci-app-run/Makefile
index d72b125aa..13714bb18 100644
--- a/luci-app-run/Makefile
+++ b/luci-app-run/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=luci-app-run
 PKG_VERSION:=1.0.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 LUCI_TITLE:=LuCI support for running makeself .run installers
 LUCI_DESCRIPTION:=Upload and execute makeself-generated .run installers from LuCI.
diff --git a/luci-app-run/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/luci-app-run b/luci-app-run/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/luci-app-run
index 74d9e1881..2a7990c24 100755
--- a/luci-app-run/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/luci-app-run
+++ b/luci-app-run/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/luci-app-run
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ upload_start() {
 	local clean id token dir file
 	clean="$(sanitize_name "$filename")"
 	case "$clean" in
-		*.run) ;;
-		*) json_error "Only .run files are accepted"; return ;;
+		*.run|*.sh) ;;
+		*) json_error "Only .run and .sh files are accepted"; return ;;
 	esac
 
 	id="$(date +%s)_$$"