Index: ELF/Writer.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -1838,9 +1838,9 @@
   }
 
   unlinkAsync(Config->OutputFile);
+  unsigned Flags = Config->Relocatable ? 0 : FileOutputBuffer::F_executable;
   Expected<std::unique_ptr<FileOutputBuffer>> BufferOrErr =
-      FileOutputBuffer::create(Config->OutputFile, FileSize,
-                               FileOutputBuffer::F_executable);
+      FileOutputBuffer::create(Config->OutputFile, FileSize, Flags);
 
   if (!BufferOrErr)
     error("failed to open " + Config->OutputFile + ": " +