diff --git a/NOFORK_NOEXEC.lst b/NOFORK_NOEXEC.lst
index 8580593cb..d7e60b442 100644
--- a/NOFORK_NOEXEC.lst
+++ b/NOFORK_NOEXEC.lst
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ expr - leaks: nested allocs
 factor - runner (eats stdin if no params)
 fakeidentd - daemon
 false - NOFORK
-fatattr - leaks: open+xioctl, complex
+fatattr - noexec. leaks: open+xioctl, complex
 fbset - hardware, leaks: open+xfunc
 fbsplash - runner, longterm
 fdflush - hardware, leaks: open+ioctl_or_perror_and_die
diff --git a/util-linux/fatattr.c b/util-linux/fatattr.c
index 9fb566d5a..770b1d2f9 100644
--- a/util-linux/fatattr.c
+++ b/util-linux/fatattr.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 //config:	help
 //config:	fatattr lists or changes the file attributes on a fat file system.
 
-//applet:IF_FATATTR(APPLET(fatattr, BB_DIR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
+//applet:IF_FATATTR(APPLET_NOEXEC(fatattr, fatattr, BB_DIR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP, fatattr))
 
 //kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_FATATTR) += fatattr.o