diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner.py b/lib/ansible/runner.py
index 95b04cb1a4..71f657af3d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner.py
@@ -666,6 +666,9 @@ class Runner(object):
 
         result, err = self._exec_command(conn, cmd, None, sudoable=False)
         cleaned = result.split("\n")[0].strip() + '/'
+        if self.remote_user != 'root':
+            cmd = 'chmod a+x %s' % cleaned
+            result, err = self._exec_command(conn, cmd, None, sudoable=False)
         return cleaned