diff --git a/fish-rust/src/wildcard.rs b/fish-rust/src/wildcard.rs
index 49bf94e02..8704770f6 100644
--- a/fish-rust/src/wildcard.rs
+++ b/fish-rust/src/wildcard.rs
@@ -315,17 +315,20 @@ fn file_get_desc(
     filename: &wstr,
     lstat: Option<fs::Metadata>,
     stat: Option<io::Result<fs::Metadata>>,
+    definitely_executable: bool,
 ) -> &'static wstr {
     let Some(lstat) = lstat else {
         return *COMPLETE_FILE_DESC;
     };
 
-    fn is_executable(buf: &fs::Metadata, filename: &wstr) -> bool {
+    let is_executable = |buf: &fs::Metadata, filename: &wstr| -> bool {
         // Weird group permissions and other such issues make it non-trivial to find out if
         // we can actually execute a file using the result from stat. It is much safer to
         // use the access function, since it tells us exactly what we want to know.
-        (buf.mode() as mode_t & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH) != 0) && waccess(filename, X_OK) == 0
-    }
+        definitely_executable
+            || (buf.mode() as mode_t & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH) != 0)
+                && waccess(filename, X_OK) == 0
+    };
 
     // stat was only queried if lstat succeeded
     let stat = stat.unwrap();
@@ -444,7 +447,7 @@ fn wildcard_test_flags_then_complete(
 
     // Compute the description.
     let desc = if expand_flags.contains(ExpandFlags::GEN_DESCRIPTIONS) {
-        let mut desc = file_get_desc(filename, lstat, stat).to_owned();
+        let mut desc = file_get_desc(filename, lstat, stat, executables_only).to_owned();
 
         if !is_directory && !is_executable {
             if !desc.is_empty() {