diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/execution/wsl/WslSyncTest.kt b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/execution/wsl/WslSyncTest.kt
index 44a28ccc2bee..58d9ce029e3f 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/execution/wsl/WslSyncTest.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/execution/wsl/WslSyncTest.kt
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ class WslSyncTest(private val linToWin: Boolean) {
     val modifyEachFile = 3
 
     val windowsDir = winDirRule.newDirectoryPath()
+    val executable = "execfile"
+    val execTxt = "exec.txt"
     val fileNames = (0..numberOfFiles).map { "$it-по-русски.txt" }
 
     val srcDir = if (linToWin) linuxDirAsPath else windowsDir
@@ -185,8 +187,13 @@ class WslSyncTest(private val linToWin: Boolean) {
     for (fileName in fileNames) {
       srcDir.resolve(fileName).writeText("hello $fileName")
     }
+    srcDir.resolve(executable).writeText("#!/bin/sh")
+    srcDir.resolve(execTxt).writeText(" $executable   ") // Must be marked executable on Linux
 
     WslSync.syncWslFolders(linuxDirRule.dir, windowsDir, wslRule.wsl, linToWin)
+    if (!linToWin) {
+      wslRule.wsl.runCommand("${linuxDirRule.dir}/$executable").getOrThrow()
+    }
 
     val modificationTimes = mutableMapOf<Path, FileTime>()
     for (fileName in fileNames) {
@@ -195,7 +202,7 @@ class WslSyncTest(private val linToWin: Boolean) {
       Assert.assertEquals("Copied with wrong content", "hello $fileName", file.readText())
       modificationTimes[file] = file.lastModified()
     }
-    Assert.assertEquals(fileNames.size, dstDir.toFile().list()!!.size)
+    Assert.assertEquals(fileNames.size + 2, dstDir.toFile().list()!!.size) // +  exec files
 
     Thread.sleep(1000) // To check modification time
 
diff --git a/platform/wsl-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/sync/LinuxFileStorage.kt b/platform/wsl-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/sync/LinuxFileStorage.kt
index 15fee41f2681..f26d3623ade2 100644
--- a/platform/wsl-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/sync/LinuxFileStorage.kt
+++ b/platform/wsl-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/sync/LinuxFileStorage.kt
@@ -172,5 +172,9 @@ class LinuxFileStorage(dir: LinuxFilePath, distro: AbstractWslDistribution, filt
       script.first.delete()
     }
   }
+
+  fun markExec(fileToMarkExec: String) {
+    distro.runCommand("chmod", "+x", "$dir/$fileToMarkExec").getOrThrow()
+  }
 }
 
diff --git a/platform/wsl-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/sync/WslSync.kt b/platform/wsl-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/sync/WslSync.kt
index 60ad9787591e..f53a5df0f1dd 100644
--- a/platform/wsl-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/sync/WslSync.kt
+++ b/platform/wsl-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/sync/WslSync.kt
@@ -9,11 +9,16 @@ import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.runAsync
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.supplyAsync
 import java.util.concurrent.Future
+import kotlin.io.path.exists
+import kotlin.io.path.readText
 
 
 /**
  * When copying files in parallel we must split them to the several chunks (each chunk is separate .tar file).
  * No reason to have less than [MIN_CHUNK_SIZE] files in one chunk: two files shouldn't be split to two chunks
+ *
+ * If source is windows and top level ``exec.txt`` file exists, it should contain list of top level files to mark +x on Linux side
+ * (in case your helper needs to be executable)
  */
 private const val MIN_CHUNK_SIZE = 1000
 
@@ -45,6 +50,13 @@ class WslSync<SourceFile, DestFile> private constructor(private val source: File
       }
       else {
         WslSync(win, lin)
+        val execFile = windowsDir.resolve("exec.txt")
+        if (execFile.exists()) {
+          // TODO: Support non top level files
+          for(fileToMarkExec in execFile.readText().split(Regex("\\s+")).map { it.trim() }) {
+              lin.markExec(fileToMarkExec)
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/python/helpers/exec.txt b/python/helpers/exec.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1