diff --git a/include/unistd.h b/include/unistd.h
index 0f91b8b..a171b00 100644
--- a/include/unistd.h
+++ b/include/unistd.h
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ extern char *__getcwd (char *__buf, size_t __size) attribute_hidden;
 extern int __rmdir (const char *__path) attribute_hidden;
 extern int __execvpe (const char *file, char *const argv[],
 		      char *const envp[]) attribute_hidden;
+extern int __execvpex (const char *file, char *const argv[],
+		       char *const envp[]) attribute_hidden;
 
 /* Get the canonical absolute name of the named directory, and put it in SIZE
    bytes of BUF.  Returns NULL if the directory couldn't be determined or
diff --git a/posix/Makefile b/posix/Makefile
index e9730ee..4a9a1b5 100644
--- a/posix/Makefile
+++ b/posix/Makefile
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ tests		:= test-errno tstgetopt testfnm runtests runptests \
 		   tst-posix_spawn-fd tst-posix_spawn-setsid \
 		   tst-posix_fadvise tst-posix_fadvise64 \
 		   tst-sysconf-empty-chroot tst-glob_symlinks tst-fexecve \
-		   tst-glob-tilde test-ssize-max
+		   tst-glob-tilde test-ssize-max tst-spawn4
 tests-internal	:= bug-regex5 bug-regex20 bug-regex33 \
 		   tst-rfc3484 tst-rfc3484-2 tst-rfc3484-3 \
-		   tst-glob_lstat_compat
+		   tst-glob_lstat_compat tst-spawn4-compat
 xtests		:= bug-ga2 tst-getaddrinfo4 tst-getaddrinfo5
 ifeq (yes,$(build-shared))
 test-srcs	:= globtest
diff --git a/posix/execvpe.c b/posix/execvpe.c
index 859c0f6..8de9c14 100644
--- a/posix/execvpe.c
+++ b/posix/execvpe.c
@@ -67,11 +67,9 @@ maybe_script_execute (const char *file, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
   __execve (new_argv[0], new_argv, envp);
 }
 
-
-/* Execute FILE, searching in the `PATH' environment variable if it contains
-   no slashes, with arguments ARGV and environment from ENVP.  */
-int
-__execvpe (const char *file, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+static int
+__execvpe_common (const char *file, char *const argv[], char *const envp[],
+	          bool exec_script)
 {
   /* We check the simple case first. */
   if (*file == '\0')
@@ -85,7 +83,7 @@ __execvpe (const char *file, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
     {
       __execve (file, argv, envp);
 
-      if (errno == ENOEXEC)
+      if (errno == ENOEXEC && exec_script)
         maybe_script_execute (file, argv, envp);
 
       return -1;
@@ -137,7 +135,7 @@ __execvpe (const char *file, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
 
       __execve (buffer, argv, envp);
 
-      if (errno == ENOEXEC)
+      if (errno == ENOEXEC && exec_script)
         /* This has O(P*C) behavior, where P is the length of the path and C
            is the argument count.  A better strategy would be allocate the
            substitute argv and reuse it each time through the loop (so it
@@ -184,4 +182,18 @@ __execvpe (const char *file, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
   return -1;
 }
 
+/* Execute FILE, searching in the `PATH' environment variable if it contains
+   no slashes, with arguments ARGV and environment from ENVP.  */
+int
+__execvpe (const char *file, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+{
+  return __execvpe_common (file, argv, envp, true);
+}
 weak_alias (__execvpe, execvpe)
+
+/* Same as __EXECVPE, but does not try to issue ENOEXEC files.  */
+int
+__execvpex (const char *file, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+{
+  return __execvpe_common (file, argv, envp, false);
+}
diff --git a/posix/tst-spawn4-compat.c b/posix/tst-spawn4-compat.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b2b07a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/posix/tst-spawn4-compat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/* Check if posix_spawn does handle correctly ENOEXEC files.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <spawn.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+#include <shlib-compat.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/temp_file.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#if TEST_COMPAT (libc, GLIBC_2_0, GLIBC_2_15)
+
+compat_symbol_reference (libc, posix_spawn, posix_spawn, GLIBC_2_2);
+compat_symbol_reference (libc, posix_spawnp, posix_spawnp, GLIBC_2_2);
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  char *scriptname;
+  int fd = create_temp_file ("tst-spawn4.", &scriptname);
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (fd >= 0);
+
+#define EXPECTED_EXIT_CODE 65
+#define STR_HELPER(x) #x
+#define STR(x) STR_HELPER(x)
+
+  const char script[] = "exit " STR(EXPECTED_EXIT_CODE);
+  write (fd, script, sizeof (script) - 1);
+
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (close (fd) == 0);
+
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (chmod (scriptname, 0x775) == 0);
+
+  pid_t pid;
+  int status;
+
+  /* For compat symbol it verifies that trying to issued a shell script
+     without a shebang is correctly executed.  */
+  status = posix_spawn (&pid, scriptname, NULL, NULL, (char *[]) { 0 },
+                        (char *[]) { 0 });
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (status == 0);
+
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (waitpid (pid, &status, 0) == pid);
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (WIFEXITED (status) == 1
+		    && WEXITSTATUS (status) == EXPECTED_EXIT_CODE);
+
+  status = posix_spawnp (&pid, scriptname, NULL, NULL, (char *[]) { 0 },
+                         (char *[]) { 0 });
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (status == 0);
+
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (waitpid (pid, &status, 0) == pid);
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (WIFEXITED (status) == 1
+		    && WEXITSTATUS (status) == EXPECTED_EXIT_CODE);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+#else
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  return 77;
+}
+#endif
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/posix/tst-spawn4.c b/posix/tst-spawn4.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1a7858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/posix/tst-spawn4.c
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/* Check if posix_spawn does handle correctly ENOEXEC files.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <spawn.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/temp_file.h>
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  char *scriptname;
+  int fd = create_temp_file ("tst-spawn4.", &scriptname);
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (fd >= 0);
+
+  const char script[] = "echo it should not happen";
+  write (fd, script, sizeof (script) - 1);
+
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (close (fd) == 0);
+
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (chmod (scriptname, 0x775) == 0);
+
+  pid_t pid;
+  int status;
+
+  /* Check if scripts without shebang are correctly not executed.  */
+  status = posix_spawn (&pid, scriptname, NULL, NULL, (char *[]) { 0 },
+                        (char *[]) { 0 });
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (status == ENOEXEC);
+
+  status = posix_spawnp (&pid, scriptname, NULL, NULL, (char *[]) { 0 },
+                         (char *[]) { 0 });
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (status == ENOEXEC);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/posix/spawni.c b/sysdeps/posix/spawni.c
index 36bb5b4..b138ab4 100644
--- a/sysdeps/posix/spawni.c
+++ b/sysdeps/posix/spawni.c
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ __spawni (pid_t * pid, const char *file,
 	  const posix_spawnattr_t * attrp, char *const argv[],
 	  char *const envp[], int xflags)
 {
+  /* It uses __execvpex to avoid run ENOEXEC in non compatibility mode (it
+     will be handled by maybe_script_execute).  */
   return __spawnix (pid, file, acts, attrp, argv, envp, xflags,
-		    xflags & SPAWN_XFLAGS_USE_PATH ? __execvpe : __execve);
+		    xflags & SPAWN_XFLAGS_USE_PATH ? __execvpex : __execve);
 }
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c
index 0391b9b..cf0213e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c
@@ -404,6 +404,8 @@ __spawni (pid_t * pid, const char *file,
 	  const posix_spawnattr_t * attrp, char *const argv[],
 	  char *const envp[], int xflags)
 {
+  /* It uses __execvpex to avoid run ENOEXEC in non compatibility mode (it
+     will be handled by maybe_script_execute).  */
   return __spawnix (pid, file, acts, attrp, argv, envp, xflags,
-		    xflags & SPAWN_XFLAGS_USE_PATH ? __execvpe : __execve);
+		    xflags & SPAWN_XFLAGS_USE_PATH ? __execvpex :__execve);
 }
