diff --git a/src/file/fileindexerconfig.cpp b/src/file/fileindexerconfig.cpp
--- a/src/file/fileindexerconfig.cpp
+++ b/src/file/fileindexerconfig.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,9 @@
 bool FileIndexerConfig::shouldBeIndexed(const QString& path) const
 {
     QFileInfo fi(path);
-    if (fi.isDir()) {
+    if (!fi.isExecutable()) {
+        return false;
+    } else if (fi.isDir()) {
         return shouldFolderBeIndexed(path);
     } else {
         return (shouldFolderBeIndexed(fi.absolutePath()) &&
diff --git a/src/file/filtereddiriterator.cpp b/src/file/filtereddiriterator.cpp
--- a/src/file/filtereddiriterator.cpp
+++ b/src/file/filtereddiriterator.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@
         if (!m_config->indexHiddenFilesAndFolders() && fi.isHidden())
             return false;
 
+        if (!fi.isExecutable()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         return m_config->shouldFileBeIndexed(fi.fileName());
     }
 
diff --git a/src/file/modifiedfileindexer.cpp b/src/file/modifiedfileindexer.cpp
--- a/src/file/modifiedfileindexer.cpp
+++ b/src/file/modifiedfileindexer.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         Q_ASSERT(!filePath.endsWith('/'));
 
         QString fileName = filePath.mid(filePath.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
-        if (!m_config->shouldFileBeIndexed(fileName)) {
+        if (!m_config->shouldBeIndexed(fileName)) {
             continue;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/file/newfileindexer.cpp b/src/file/newfileindexer.cpp
--- a/src/file/newfileindexer.cpp
+++ b/src/file/newfileindexer.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         Q_ASSERT(!filePath.endsWith('/'));
 
         QString fileName = filePath.mid(filePath.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
-        if (!m_config->shouldFileBeIndexed(fileName)) {
+        if (!m_config->shouldBeIndexed(fileName)) {
             continue;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/file/unindexedfileiterator.cpp b/src/file/unindexedfileiterator.cpp
--- a/src/file/unindexedfileiterator.cpp
+++ b/src/file/unindexedfileiterator.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@
     if (!fileInfo.exists())
         return false;
 
+    if (!fileInfo.isExecutable())
+        return false;
+
     quint64 fileId = filePathToId(QFile::encodeName(filePath));
     Q_ASSERT_X(fileId, "UnIndexedFileIterator::shouldIndex", "file id is 0");
     if (!fileId) {
diff --git a/src/file/xattrindexer.cpp b/src/file/xattrindexer.cpp
--- a/src/file/xattrindexer.cpp
+++ b/src/file/xattrindexer.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         Q_ASSERT(!filePath.endsWith('/'));
 
         QString fileName = filePath.mid(filePath.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
-        if (!m_config->shouldFileBeIndexed(fileName)) {
+        if (!m_config->shouldBeIndexed(fileName)) {
             continue;
         }