diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c390a0fb48c..d4d8d83cdff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ Looking for changes that affect our C API? See the [C API Changelog](lib/c-api/C
 
 ## **[Unreleased]**
 
+### Fixed
+- [#2426](https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/pull/2426) Fix the `wax` script generation.
+
 ## 2.0.0 - 2020/06/16
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 53cfee37ad2..6669a2dc5b8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ package-wapm:
 ifneq (, $(filter 1, $(IS_DARWIN) $(IS_LINUX)))
 	if [ -d "wapm-cli" ]; then \
 		cp wapm-cli/$(TARGET_DIR)/wapm package/bin/ ;\
-		echo "#!/bin/bash\nwapm execute \"\$$@\"" > package/bin/wax ;\
+		echo -e "#!/bin/bash\nwapm execute \"\$$@\"" > package/bin/wax ;\
 		chmod +x package/bin/wax ;\
 	fi
 else