diff --git a/python-i3ipc.changes b/python-i3ipc.changes
index 0f12d13..be50da2 100644
--- a/python-i3ipc.changes
+++ b/python-i3ipc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 23 09:48:08 UTC 2021 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
+
+- Mark example scripts as non-executable
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Mar  7 12:17:37 UTC 2021 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-i3ipc.spec b/python-i3ipc.spec
index ee0d8db..184e785 100644
--- a/python-i3ipc.spec
+++ b/python-i3ipc.spec
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 # for tests we need i3 at build time
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module python-xlib}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module asyncio}
 BuildRequires:  i3
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  xvfb-run
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@ sed -i "s/'enum-compat'//" setup.py
 # standalone).
 sed -i '/^#!\/usr\/bin\/env.*/d' examples/*.py examples/i3-focus/*.py
 
+# Examples shouldn't be executable
+find examples/ -name \*.py -exec chmod -x '{}' \;
+
 %build
 %python_build