Index: ELF/Writer.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -1838,9 +1838,11 @@
   }
 
   unlinkAsync(Config->OutputFile);
+  unsigned Flags = !Config->Relocatable && !Config->Shared
+                       ? FileOutputBuffer::F_executable
+                       : 0;
   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 + ": " +