1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/debianutils/which.c b/debianutils/which.c
index 27646d520..120f1e72f 100644
--- a/debianutils/which.c
+++ b/debianutils/which.c
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ static int file_exists(char *file)
 {
         struct stat filestat;
 
-        if (stat(file, &filestat) == 0 && filestat.st_mode & S_IXUSR)
+        if (stat(file, &filestat) == 0 &&
+                        S_ISREG(filestat.st_mode) &&
+                        filestat.st_mode & S_IXUSR)
                 return 1;
         else
                 return 0;