diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 0b515ac53134..d8c477a56257 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_uselib(const char __user * library)
 	struct nameidata nd;
 	int error;
 
-	error = __user_path_lookup_open(library, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd, FMODE_READ);
+	error = __user_path_lookup_open(library, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd, FMODE_READ|FMODE_EXEC);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
 	int err;
 	struct file *file;
 
-	err = path_lookup_open(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd, FMODE_READ);
+	err = path_lookup_open(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd, FMODE_READ|FMODE_EXEC);
 	file = ERR_PTR(err);
 
 	if (!err) {
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 7c750312261b..21e8cf795c38 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ extern int dir_notify_enable;
 #define FMODE_PREAD	8
 #define FMODE_PWRITE	FMODE_PREAD	/* These go hand in hand */
 
+/* File is being opened for execution. Primary users of this flag are
+   distributed filesystems that can use it to achieve correct ETXTBUSY
+   behavior for cross-node execution/opening_for_writing of files */
+#define FMODE_EXEC	16
+
 #define RW_MASK		1
 #define RWA_MASK	2
 #define READ 0