diff --git a/tests/playTests.sh b/tests/playTests.sh
index a772b61ff7c..887d7f09fe7 100755
--- a/tests/playTests.sh
+++ b/tests/playTests.sh
@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ zstd -d -f tmp_corrupt.zst --no-check
 zstd -d -f tmp_corrupt.zst --check --no-check # final flag overrides
 zstd -d -f tmp.zst --no-check
 
+if [ -n "$(which readelf)" ]; then
+  println "test: check if binary has executable stack"
+  readelf -lW "$ZSTD_BIN" | grep 'GNU_STACK .* RW ' || die "zstd binary has executable stack!"
+fi
+
 println "\n===> zstdgrep tests"
 ln -sf "$ZSTD_BIN" zstdcat
 rm -f tmp_grep