diff --git a/devscripts.changes b/devscripts.changes
index 30488ff..b71314e 100644
--- a/devscripts.changes
+++ b/devscripts.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May 21 10:43:58 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Mark %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/checkbashisms executable: sed … >
+  %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/checkbashisms creates a non-executable,
+  regular file.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 26 07:58:09 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/devscripts.spec b/devscripts.spec
index b809c9e..3e53e95 100644
--- a/devscripts.spec
+++ b/devscripts.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package devscripts
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1 \
 %if "%{flavor}" == "checkbashisms"
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
 sed -e "s/###VERSION###/%{version}/" scripts/checkbashisms.pl > %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/checkbashisms
+chmod a+x %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/checkbashisms
 install -D -m755 scripts/checkbashisms.bash_completion %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/checkbashisms
 %endif