diff --git a/examples/qualcomm/utils.py b/examples/qualcomm/utils.py
index 5ecce30078e..f14e2887e04 100755
--- a/examples/qualcomm/utils.py
+++ b/examples/qualcomm/utils.py
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ def execute(self, custom_runner_cmd=None, method_index=0):
             qnn_executor_runner_cmds = " ".join(
                 [
                     f"cd {self.workspace} &&",
+                    f"chmod +x ./qnn_executor_runner &&",
                     f"./qnn_executor_runner {qnn_executor_runner_args}",
                 ]
             )