diff --git a/eden/scm/sapling/commands/subtree.py b/eden/scm/sapling/commands/subtree.py
index 4602822a721d2..db7672d53de3e 100644
--- a/eden/scm/sapling/commands/subtree.py
+++ b/eden/scm/sapling/commands/subtree.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     progress,
     registrar,
     scmutil,
+    util,
 )
 from ..cmdutil import (
     commitopts,
@@ -447,6 +448,8 @@ def prefetch(repo, path, fileids):
                 else:
                     with open(os_abs_dest, "wb") as f:
                         f.write(fctx.data())
+                    if fctx.isexec():
+                        util.setflags(os_abs_dest, l=False, x=True)
 
     wctx = repo[None]
     wctx.add(new_files)
diff --git a/eden/scm/tests/test-subtree.t b/eden/scm/tests/test-subtree.t
index 5314c316d7ede..9e3fc102008d7 100644
--- a/eden/scm/tests/test-subtree.t
+++ b/eden/scm/tests/test-subtree.t
@@ -186,6 +186,30 @@ test subtree copy with symlinks
   $ cat foo2/b
   aaa
 
+#if execbit
+test subtree copy with execs
+  $ newclientrepo
+  $ mkdir foo
+  $ echo "aaa" > foo/a
+  $ chmod +x foo/a
+  $ echo "bbb" > foo/b
+  $ hg ci -Aqm 'first'
+  $ echo "bbb" > foo/a
+  $ hg ci -m 'second'
+  $ hg subtree cp -r "desc(first)" --from-path foo --to-path foo2
+  copying foo to foo2
+  $ f -m foo/a foo/b foo2/a foo2/b
+  foo/a: mode=755
+  foo/b: mode=644
+  foo2/a: mode=755
+  foo2/b: mode=644
+  $ hg dbsh -c 'for x in ["foo/a", "foo/b", "foo2/a", "foo2/b"]: print([x, repo["."].manifest().flags(x)])'
+  ['foo/a', 'x']
+  ['foo/b', '']
+  ['foo2/a', 'x']
+  ['foo2/b', '']
+#endif
+
 test subtree copy to tracked directory
   $ newclientrepo
   $ drawdag <<'EOS'