diff --git a/macros.hpc b/macros.hpc
index 746c1b3..ca8fa70 100644
--- a/macros.hpc
+++ b/macros.hpc
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ When this package gets updated it installs the latest version of %name. \
   _hpc_base=$(basename %{1}) \
   [ -d %{buildroot}/$_hpc_pydir ] || mkdir -p %{buildroot}/${_hpc_pydir} \
   mv %{buildroot}%{1} %{buildroot}/${_hpc_pydir} \
-  chmod a-x %{buildroot}/$_hpc_pydir/$_hpc_base \
+  [[ "$_hpc_base" =~ .*\.so ]] || chmod a-x %{buildroot}/$_hpc_pydir/$_hpc_base \
   %{hpc_shebang_remove %{buildroot}/$_hpc_pydir/$_hpc_base}
 
 # %hpc_verify_python3 <file>
diff --git a/suse-hpc.changes b/suse-hpc.changes
index 4e3569b..a518f7d 100644
--- a/suse-hpc.changes
+++ b/suse-hpc.changes
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Mon Nov 19 01:19:05 UTC 2018 - eich@suse.com
 - Improve python handling:
   * set python3 as default for Factory
   * allow to specify subdir to HPC pyton path
+  * Do not remove executable flag on .so files
 
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 Sun Nov 18 10:19:22 UTC 2018 - eich@suse.com