diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 605ea10a98f..237ae1c781c 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-05-09  Matthias Klose  <doko@ubuntu.com>
+
+	* gcc-ar.c (main): Don't check for execute bits for the plugin.
+
 2012-05-09  Ramana Radhakrishnan  <ramana.radhakrishnan@linaro.org>
 
 	* tree-ssa-loop-ivopts.c (add_autoinc_candidates, get_address_cost):
diff --git a/gcc/gcc-ar.c b/gcc/gcc-ar.c
index d832b08c69a..caae1670bf6 100644
--- a/gcc/gcc-ar.c
+++ b/gcc/gcc-ar.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 	           dir_separator,
 		   LTOPLUGINSONAME,
 		   NULL);
-  if (access (plugin, X_OK))
+  if (access (plugin, R_OK))
     {
       fprintf (stderr, "%s: Cannot find plugin %s\n", av[0], plugin);
       exit (1);