diff --git a/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/templates/functions/isExecutable.md b/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/templates/functions/isExecutable.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..06336593ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/templates/functions/isExecutable.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# `isExecutable` *file*
+
+`isExecutable` returns true if a file is executable.
+
+!!! example
+
+    ```
+        {{ if isExecutable "/bin/echo" }}
+            `sh` is executable
+        {{ end }}
+    ```
diff --git a/assets/chezmoi.io/mkdocs.yml b/assets/chezmoi.io/mkdocs.yml
index f3415a88a47..5d9bd59d49a 100644
--- a/assets/chezmoi.io/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/assets/chezmoi.io/mkdocs.yml
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ nav:
       - include: reference/templates/functions/include.md
       - includeTemplate: reference/templates/functions/includeTemplate.md
       - ioreg: reference/templates/functions/ioreg.md
+      - isExecutable: reference/templates/functions/isExecutable.md
       - joinPath: reference/templates/functions/joinPath.md
       - jq: reference/templates/functions/jq.md
       - lookPath: reference/templates/functions/lookPath.md
diff --git a/internal/chezmoi/chezmoi_unix.go b/internal/chezmoi/chezmoi_unix.go
index dd8a57d2683..2aa7df61bd6 100644
--- a/internal/chezmoi/chezmoi_unix.go
+++ b/internal/chezmoi/chezmoi_unix.go
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ func init() {
 	unix.Umask(int(Umask))
 }
 
-// isExecutable returns if fileInfo is executable.
-func isExecutable(fileInfo fs.FileInfo) bool {
+// IsExecutable returns if fileInfo is executable.
+func IsExecutable(fileInfo fs.FileInfo) bool {
 	return fileInfo.Mode().Perm()&0o111 != 0
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/chezmoi/chezmoi_windows.go b/internal/chezmoi/chezmoi_windows.go
index a807449fd41..6d0cd141e09 100644
--- a/internal/chezmoi/chezmoi_windows.go
+++ b/internal/chezmoi/chezmoi_windows.go
@@ -2,13 +2,31 @@ package chezmoi
 
 import (
 	"io/fs"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
 const nativeLineEnding = "\r\n"
 
-// isExecutable returns false on Windows.
-func isExecutable(fileInfo fs.FileInfo) bool {
-	return false
+var pathExts = strings.Split(os.Getenv("PATHEXT"), string(filepath.ListSeparator))
+
+// IsExecutable checks if the file is a regular file and has an extension listed
+// in the PATHEXT environment variable as per
+// https://www.nextofwindows.com/what-is-pathext-environment-variable-in-windows.
+func IsExecutable(fileInfo fs.FileInfo) bool {
+	if !fileInfo.Mode().IsRegular() {
+		return false
+	}
+	ext := filepath.Ext(fileInfo.Name())
+	if ext == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	return slices.ContainsFunc(pathExts, func(pathExt string) bool {
+		return strings.EqualFold(pathExt, ext)
+	})
 }
 
 // isPrivate returns false on Windows.
diff --git a/internal/chezmoi/sourcestate.go b/internal/chezmoi/sourcestate.go
index d2eada8c76d..7dd3a01b089 100644
--- a/internal/chezmoi/sourcestate.go
+++ b/internal/chezmoi/sourcestate.go
@@ -2092,7 +2092,7 @@ func (s *SourceState) newSourceStateFileEntryFromFile(
 	fileAttr := FileAttr{
 		TargetName: fileInfo.Name(),
 		Encrypted:  options.Encrypt,
-		Executable: isExecutable(fileInfo),
+		Executable: IsExecutable(fileInfo),
 		Private:    isPrivate(fileInfo),
 		ReadOnly:   isReadOnly(fileInfo),
 		Template:   options.Template,
@@ -2316,7 +2316,7 @@ func (s *SourceState) readExternalArchive(
 				TargetName: fileInfo.Name(),
 				Type:       SourceFileTypeFile,
 				Empty:      fileInfo.Size() == 0,
-				Executable: isExecutable(fileInfo),
+				Executable: IsExecutable(fileInfo),
 				Private:    isPrivate(fileInfo),
 				ReadOnly:   isReadOnly(fileInfo),
 			}
@@ -2448,7 +2448,7 @@ func (s *SourceState) readExternalArchiveFile(
 				TargetName: fileInfo.Name(),
 				Type:       SourceFileTypeFile,
 				Empty:      fileInfo.Size() == 0,
-				Executable: isExecutable(fileInfo) || external.Executable,
+				Executable: IsExecutable(fileInfo) || external.Executable,
 				Private:    isPrivate(fileInfo),
 				ReadOnly:   isReadOnly(fileInfo),
 			}
@@ -2530,7 +2530,7 @@ func (s *SourceState) readExternalDir(
 				TargetName: fileInfo.Name(),
 				Type:       SourceFileTypeFile,
 				Empty:      true,
-				Executable: isExecutable(fileInfo),
+				Executable: IsExecutable(fileInfo),
 				Private:    isPrivate(fileInfo),
 				ReadOnly:   isReadOnly(fileInfo),
 			}
diff --git a/internal/cmd/config.go b/internal/cmd/config.go
index 7fa56d818af..782d364449f 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/config.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/config.go
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ func newConfig(options ...configOption) (*Config, error) {
 		"include":                  c.includeTemplateFunc,
 		"includeTemplate":          c.includeTemplateTemplateFunc,
 		"ioreg":                    c.ioregTemplateFunc,
+		"isExecutable":             c.isExecutableTemplateFunc,
 		"joinPath":                 c.joinPathTemplateFunc,
 		"jq":                       c.jqTemplateFunc,
 		"keepassxc":                c.keepassxcTemplateFunc,
diff --git a/internal/cmd/templatefuncs.go b/internal/cmd/templatefuncs.go
index 5231386a0d0..2bb3bba3b98 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/templatefuncs.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/templatefuncs.go
@@ -315,6 +315,18 @@ func (c *Config) lookPathTemplateFunc(file string) string {
 	}
 }
 
+func (c *Config) isExecutableTemplateFunc(file string) bool {
+	fileInfo, err := c.fileSystem.Stat(file)
+	switch {
+	case err == nil:
+		return chezmoi.IsExecutable(fileInfo)
+	case errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist):
+		return false
+	default:
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
 func (c *Config) lstatTemplateFunc(name string) any {
 	switch fileInfo, err := c.fileSystem.Lstat(name); {
 	case err == nil:
diff --git a/internal/cmd/testdata/scripts/templatefuncs.txtar b/internal/cmd/testdata/scripts/templatefuncs.txtar
index 0a95f6e4867..f41c74ceb2e 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/testdata/scripts/templatefuncs.txtar
+++ b/internal/cmd/testdata/scripts/templatefuncs.txtar
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ stdout a${/}b
 exec chezmoi execute-template '{{ dict "key" "value" | jq ".key" | first }}'
 stdout ^value$
 
+# test isExecutable template function positive test case
+[!windows] exec chezmoi execute-template '{{ if isExecutable "/bin/echo" }}executable{{end}}'
+[!windows] stdout ^executable$
+
+# test isExecutable template function negative test case
+[!windows] exec chezmoi execute-template '{{ if isExecutable "/etc/fstat" }}executable{{end}}'
+[!windows] stdout ^$
+
 # test lookPath template function to find in PATH
 exec chezmoi execute-template '{{ lookPath "go" }}'
 stdout go$exe