diff --git a/valgrind-3.8.1-initial-power-isa-207.patch b/valgrind-3.8.1-initial-power-isa-207.patch
index 10de40d..320333f 100644
--- a/valgrind-3.8.1-initial-power-isa-207.patch
+++ b/valgrind-3.8.1-initial-power-isa-207.patch
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ index 0000000..a4649be
 +prereq: ../../../tests/check_isa-2_07_cap
 +prog: test_isa_2_07_part2
 diff --git a/none/tests/ppc64/jm_vec_isa_2_07.stderr.exp b/none/tests/ppc64/jm_vec_isa_2_07.stderr.exp
-new file mode 100644
+new file mode 100755
 index 0000000..139597f
 --- /dev/null
 +++ b/none/tests/ppc64/jm_vec_isa_2_07.stderr.exp
diff --git a/valgrind.spec b/valgrind.spec
index e671001..fc090c2 100644
--- a/valgrind.spec
+++ b/valgrind.spec
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ touch ./memcheck/tests/linux/getregset.stderr.exp
 %patch45 -p1
 %patch46 -p1
 %patch47 -p1
+chmod 755 tests/check_isa-2_07_cap
 
 # These tests go into an endless loop on ARM
 # There is a __sync_add_and_fetch in the testcase.
@@ -488,6 +489,9 @@ echo ===============END TESTING===============
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 13 2013 Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>
+- tests/check_isa-2_07_cap should be executable.
+
 * Tue Aug 13 2013 Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com> - 3.8.1-22
 - Add valgrind-3.8.1-initial-power-isa-207.patch
   Initial ISA 2.07 support for POWER8-tuned libc.