diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0abbce43..3c68d818 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ But if you wish to select or exclude specific linters, we give you full control
 | **DEFAULT_WORKSPACE**             | `/tmp/lint`           | The location containing files to lint if you are running locally.                                                                                                                |
 | **DISABLE_ERRORS**                | `false`               | Flag to have the linter complete with exit code 0 even if errors were detected.                                                                                                  |
 | **DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT_FILE_NAME** | `.hadolint.yml`       | Filename for [hadolint configuration](https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint) (ex: `.hadolintlintrc.yaml`)                                                                         |
+| **ERROR_ON_MISSING_EXEC_BIT**     | `false`               | If set to `false`, the `bash-exec` linter will report a warning if a shell script is not executable. If set to `true`, the `bash-exec` linter will report an arror instead.      |
 | **FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE**          | `none`                | Regular expression defining which files will be excluded from linting  (ex: `.*src/test.*`)                                                                                      |
 | **FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE**          | `all`                 | Regular expression defining which files will be processed by linters (ex: `.*src/.*`)                                                                                            |
 | **JAVASCRIPT_ES_CONFIG_FILE**     | `.eslintrc.yml`       | Filename for [eslint configuration](https://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/configuring#configuration-file-formats) (ex: `.eslintrc.yml`, `.eslintrc.json`)                           |
diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index 2804c488..84542938 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ DEFAULT_IFS="${IFS}"                                # Get the Default IFS for up
 ###############################################################
 DEFAULT_DISABLE_ERRORS='false'                          # Default to enabling errors
 export DEFAULT_DISABLE_ERRORS                           # Workaround SC2034
+ERROR_ON_MISSING_EXEC_BIT='false'                       # Default to report a warning if a shell script doesn't have the executable bit set to 1
+export ERROR_ON_MISSING_EXEC_BIT
 RAW_FILE_ARRAY=()                                       # Array of all files that were changed
 export RAW_FILE_ARRAY                                   # Workaround SC2034
 READ_ONLY_CHANGE_FLAG=0                                 # Flag set to 1 if files changed are not txt or md
diff --git a/lib/worker.sh b/lib/worker.sh
index d640e19f..705839eb 100755
--- a/lib/worker.sh
+++ b/lib/worker.sh
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ function LintCodebase() {
       # Check the shell for errors #
       ##############################
       if [ ${ERROR_CODE} -ne 0 ]; then
-        if [[ ${FILE_TYPE} == "BASH_EXEC" ]]; then
+        if [[ ${FILE_TYPE} == "BASH_EXEC" ]] && [[ "${ERROR_ON_MISSING_EXEC_BIT}" == "false" ]]; then
           ########
           # WARN #
           ########