diff --git a/libnettle.changes b/libnettle.changes
index 6986307..e544266 100644
--- a/libnettle.changes
+++ b/libnettle.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun 15 14:08:02 UTC 2022 - Callum Farmer <gmbr3@opensuse.org>
+
+- Make shared libraries executable
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan 17 11:20:55 UTC 2022 - Pedro Monreal <pmonreal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libnettle.spec b/libnettle.spec
index fc35bb0..c0602e7 100644
--- a/libnettle.spec
+++ b/libnettle.spec
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ autoreconf -fiv
 
 %install
 %make_install
+chmod 0755 %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libnettle.so.%{soname}
+chmod 0755 %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libhogweed.so.%{hogweed_soname}
 
 # the hmac hashes:
 #