diff --git a/pykat/testing/test.py b/pykat/testing/test.py
index 23103f044ccb26cbf4d1fb563aca3b68967a6557..8c73414481b2521ffea263b7368b894315063893 100644
--- a/pykat/testing/test.py
+++ b/pykat/testing/test.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class FinesseTestProcess(Thread):
         if not os.access(FINESSE_EXE, os.X_OK):
             if sys.platform != "win32":
                 print "Trying to chmod " + FINESSE_EXE
-                os.chmod(FINESSE_EXE, stat.S_IXUSR)
+                os.chmod(FINESSE_EXE, stat.S_IRWXU)
         
         out = None