diff -ur thttpd-2.23beta1/libhttpd.c thttpd-2.23beta1-guts/libhttpd.c
--- thttpd-2.23beta1/libhttpd.c	Fri Sep 26 17:04:20 2003
+++ thttpd-2.23beta1-guts/libhttpd.c	Fri Sep 26 17:02:16 2003
@@ -3764,7 +3764,7 @@
     ** trying to either serve or run a non-CGI file as CGI.   Either case
     ** is prohibited.
     */
-    if ( hc->sb.st_mode & S_IXOTH )
+    if ( (hc->hs->cgi_pattern != (char*) 0) && (hc->sb.st_mode & S_IXOTH) )
 	{
 	syslog(
 	    LOG_NOTICE, "%.80s URL \"%.80s\" is executable but isn't CGI",