diff -ur zsh-4.3.10/Src/exec.c zsh-4.3.10+iPhone/Src/exec.c
--- zsh-4.3.10/Src/exec.c	2009-03-16 08:27:07.000000000 -1000
+++ zsh-4.3.10+iPhone/Src/exec.c	2018-09-06 13:51:01.000000000 -1000
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
      * then check for an errno equal to ENOEXEC.  This errno is set *
      * if the process file has the appropriate access permission,   *
      * but has an invalid magic number in its header.               */
-    if ((eno = errno) == ENOEXEC || eno == ENOENT) {
+    if ((eno = errno) == ENOEXEC || (eno = errno) == EPERM || eno == ENOENT) {
 	char execvebuf[POUNDBANGLIMIT + 1], *ptr, *ptr2, *argv0;
 	int fd, ct, t0;