diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 01d83a5..f865116 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ do_open_permission(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *current_fh, struct nfs
 		!(open->op_share_access & NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_WRITE))
 		return nfserr_inval;
 
+	accmode |= NFSD_MAY_READ_IF_EXEC;
+
 	if (open->op_share_access & NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_READ)
 		accmode |= NFSD_MAY_READ;
 	if (open->op_share_access & NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_WRITE)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 2e09588..494350b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -2118,7 +2118,8 @@ nfsd_permission(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_export *exp,
 
 	/* Allow read access to binaries even when mode 111 */
 	if (err == -EACCES && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) &&
-	    acc == (NFSD_MAY_READ | NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE))
+	     (acc == (NFSD_MAY_READ | NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE) ||
+	      acc == (NFSD_MAY_READ | NFSD_MAY_READ_IF_EXEC)))
 		err = inode_permission(inode, MAY_EXEC);
 	if (err)
 		goto nfsd_out;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
index 510ffdd..36c3a5b 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #define NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE	64
 #define NFSD_MAY_LOCAL_ACCESS	128 /* IRIX doing local access check on device special file*/
 #define NFSD_MAY_BYPASS_GSS_ON_ROOT 256
+#define NFSD_MAY_READ_IF_EXEC   2048
 
 #define NFSD_MAY_CREATE		(NFSD_MAY_EXEC|NFSD_MAY_WRITE)
 #define NFSD_MAY_REMOVE		(NFSD_MAY_EXEC|NFSD_MAY_WRITE|NFSD_MAY_TRUNC)