diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 5670e3a146cdc7edc1c3fc53c1e483205317631e..fa4650f27400172b7d6c2205af0ee1174e9f2783 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 =====================
 
 
+
+0.12.2 (Thursday 13th July 2023)
+--------------------------------
+
+
+* Pyfeeds will try to make ``feedsRun`` scripts executable if they are not
+  already.
+
+
 0.12.1 (Friday 31st March 2023)
 -------------------------------
 
diff --git a/pyfeeds/__init__.py b/pyfeeds/__init__.py
index 094c0ed50276bb62fbe3b3cd226c565763f99bd6..291bb2d8188a2d207d035cf716107cf0306655ab 100644
--- a/pyfeeds/__init__.py
+++ b/pyfeeds/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Author: Paul McCarthy <pauldmccarthy@gmail.com>
 #
 
-__version__ = '0.12.1'
+__version__ = '0.12.2'
 """The pyfeeds version number. """
 
 
diff --git a/pyfeeds/testing.py b/pyfeeds/testing.py
index dd4fd6655af5332b578e25ae2c7180325df2d48b..aef091b34294a69c119a96e3f33c36e79436d55f 100644
--- a/pyfeeds/testing.py
+++ b/pyfeeds/testing.py
@@ -604,6 +604,13 @@ def runTest(pyf,
         log.debug('(Re-)Creating test output directory: %s', outputDir)
         os.makedirs(outputDir)
 
+        # Try to make executable if not
+        if not os.access(test.testScript, os.X_OK):
+            try:
+                os.chmod(test.testScript, 0o755)
+            except Exception:
+                log.warning('%s is not executable!', test.testScript)
+
         cmd = [test.testScript, outputDir, sandboxDir, benchmarkDir]
         cmd = [str(c) for c in cmd]