diff --git a/executable.go b/executable.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1794e94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/executable.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package adb
+
+/*
+isExecutable function calls the isExecutableOnPlatform function.
+Implementation the isExecutableOnPlatform function is provided in
+execuatble_win.go for windows and
+executable_unix.go for unix.
+*/
+func isExecutable(path string) error {
+	return isExecutableOnPlatform(path)
+}
diff --git a/executable_unix.go b/executable_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1b947c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/executable_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// +build darwin freebsd linux netbsd openbsd
+
+package adb
+
+import "golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+
+func isExecutableOnPlatform(path string) error {
+	return unix.Access(path, unix.X_OK)
+}
diff --git a/executable_win.go b/executable_win.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4652eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/executable_win.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// +build windows
+
+package adb
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func isExecutableOnPlatform(path string) error {
+	if strings.HasSuffix(path, ".exe") || strings.HasSuffix(path, ".cmd") ||
+		strings.HasSuffix(path, ".bat") {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return errors.New("not an executable")
+}
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index f5a91e7..6b6d135 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/zach-klippenstein/goadb/internal/errors"
 	"github.com/zach-klippenstein/goadb/wire"
-	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ var localFilesystem = &filesystem{
 		if !info.Mode().IsRegular() {
 			return stderrors.New("not a regular file")
 		}
-		return unix.Access(path, unix.X_OK)
+		return isExecutable(path)
 	},
 	CmdCombinedOutput: func(name string, arg ...string) ([]byte, error) {
 		return exec.Command(name, arg...).CombinedOutput()