diff --git a/atom/common/api/atom_api_asar.cc b/atom/common/api/atom_api_asar.cc
index 4ea7d8c5c362..489118bd70af 100644
--- a/atom/common/api/atom_api_asar.cc
+++ b/atom/common/api/atom_api_asar.cc
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class Archive : public mate::Wrappable {
     mate::Dictionary dict(isolate, v8::Object::New(isolate));
     dict.Set("size", stats.size);
     dict.Set("offset", stats.offset);
+    dict.Set("executable", stats.executable);
     dict.Set("isFile", stats.is_file);
     dict.Set("isDirectory", stats.is_directory);
     dict.Set("isLink", stats.is_link);
diff --git a/atom/common/asar/archive.cc b/atom/common/asar/archive.cc
index 969f958956ca..61b22e9013f6 100644
--- a/atom/common/asar/archive.cc
+++ b/atom/common/asar/archive.cc
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ bool FillFileInfoWithNode(Archive::FileInfo* info,
     return false;
   info->offset += header_size;
 
+  info->executable = false;
+  node->GetBoolean("executable", &info->executable);
+
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/atom/common/asar/archive.h b/atom/common/asar/archive.h
index f2ff2f76d676..fb52c6265d31 100644
--- a/atom/common/asar/archive.h
+++ b/atom/common/asar/archive.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Archive {
   struct FileInfo {
     FileInfo() : size(0), offset(0) {}
     bool unpacked;
+    bool executable;
     uint32 size;
     uint64 offset;
   };
diff --git a/atom/common/lib/asar.coffee b/atom/common/lib/asar.coffee
index f7eeceb3f314..fba3faed8ce2 100644
--- a/atom/common/lib/asar.coffee
+++ b/atom/common/lib/asar.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 asar = process.binding 'atom_common_asar'
 child_process = require 'child_process'
+fs = require 'fs'
 path = require 'path'
 util = require 'util'
 
@@ -83,6 +84,11 @@ overrideAPISync = (module, name, arg = 0) ->
     newPath = archive.copyFileOut filePath
     notFoundError asarPath, filePath unless newPath
 
+    stat = archive.stat filePath
+
+    if stat.executable
+      fs.chmodSync(newPath, 0o755)
+
     arguments[arg] = newPath
     old.apply this, arguments
 
@@ -102,6 +108,11 @@ overrideAPI = (module, name, arg = 0) ->
     newPath = archive.copyFileOut filePath
     return notFoundError asarPath, filePath, callback unless newPath
 
+    stat = archive.stat filePath
+
+    if stat.executable
+      fs.chmodSync(newPath, 0o755)
+
     arguments[arg] = newPath
     old.apply this, arguments