diff --git a/src/module.c b/src/module.c
index 597be484..35d35125 100644
--- a/src/module.c
+++ b/src/module.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "cluster.h"
 #include "rdb.h"
 #include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -6984,6 +6985,15 @@ int moduleLoad(const char *path, void **module_argv, int module_argc) {
     int (*onload)(void *, void **, int);
     void *handle;
     RedisModuleCtx ctx = REDISMODULE_CTX_INIT;
+    
+    struct stat st;
+    if (stat(path, &st) == 0)
+    {   // this check is best effort
+        if (!(st.st_mode & (S_IXUSR  | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH))) {
+            serverLog(LL_WARNING, "Module %s failed to load: It does not have execute permissions.", path);
+            return C_ERR;
+        }
+    }
 
     handle = dlopen(path,RTLD_NOW|RTLD_LOCAL);
     if (handle == NULL) {