diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b42f6e36996e39b78a3d4adc369fea91347403fc..104bccdba855518e4376ea36306d552f00d03d1e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
   in a way that does not break SMB shares (#bug 7774).
   Patches by Ambroz Bizjak and Axel Sommerfeldt.
 - Fix segfaults in case icons are missing or not found (bug #7880).
+- Allow exec bit of MS-DOS executables and MSI to be changed 
+  (bug #3545).
 
 1.3.0
 =====
diff --git a/thunar/thunar-permissions-chooser.c b/thunar/thunar-permissions-chooser.c
index 7e26dd0aa91a6a0ad6e7753476f452b950187760..576010f09802cc8bb5aec3d53dea58c950665a3e 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-permissions-chooser.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-permissions-chooser.c
@@ -867,7 +867,9 @@ thunar_permissions_chooser_file_changed (ThunarPermissionsChooser *chooser,
   g_signal_handlers_block_by_func (G_OBJECT (chooser->program_button), thunar_permissions_chooser_program_toggled, chooser);
   g_object_set (G_OBJECT (chooser->program_button), "visible", thunar_file_is_regular (file)
       && (thunarx_file_info_has_mime_type (THUNARX_FILE_INFO (file), "application/x-executable")
-       || thunarx_file_info_has_mime_type (THUNARX_FILE_INFO (file), "application/x-shellscript")), NULL);
+       || thunarx_file_info_has_mime_type (THUNARX_FILE_INFO (file), "application/x-shellscript")
+       || thunarx_file_info_has_mime_type (THUNARX_FILE_INFO (file), "application/x-ms-dos-executable")
+       || thunarx_file_info_has_mime_type (THUNARX_FILE_INFO (file), "application/x-msi")), NULL);
   gtk_toggle_button_set_active (GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON (chooser->program_button), (mode & 0111) != 0);
   g_signal_handlers_unblock_by_func (G_OBJECT (chooser->program_button), thunar_permissions_chooser_program_toggled, chooser);