diff --git a/src/analyze/analyze-verify.c b/src/analyze/analyze-verify.c
index 4cfbdfa5ab..8275360adc 100644
--- a/src/analyze/analyze-verify.c
+++ b/src/analyze/analyze-verify.c
@@ -124,10 +124,13 @@ static int verify_socket(Unit *u) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int verify_executable(Unit *u, ExecCommand *exec) {
+int verify_executable(Unit *u, const ExecCommand *exec) {
         if (!exec)
                 return 0;
 
+        if (exec->flags & EXEC_COMMAND_IGNORE_FAILURE)
+                return 0;
+
         if (access(exec->path, X_OK) < 0)
                 return log_unit_error_errno(u, errno, "Command %s is not executable: %m", exec->path);
 
diff --git a/src/analyze/analyze-verify.h b/src/analyze/analyze-verify.h
index 3561d4302b..3da2cf7097 100644
--- a/src/analyze/analyze-verify.h
+++ b/src/analyze/analyze-verify.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
+#include "execute.h"
 #include "path-lookup.h"
 
+int verify_executable(Unit *u, const ExecCommand *exec);
 int verify_units(char **filenames, UnitFileScope scope, bool check_man, bool run_generators);
diff --git a/src/analyze/test-verify.c b/src/analyze/test-verify.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dcbb6394c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/analyze/test-verify.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
+#include "analyze-verify.h"
+#include "tests.h"
+
+static void test_verify_nonexistent(void) {
+        /* Negative cases */
+        assert_se(verify_executable(NULL, &(ExecCommand) {.flags = EXEC_COMMAND_IGNORE_FAILURE, .path = (char*) "/non/existent"}) == 0);
+        assert_se(verify_executable(NULL, &(ExecCommand) {.path = (char*) "/non/existent"}) < 0);
+
+        /* Ordinary cases */
+        assert_se(verify_executable(NULL, &(ExecCommand) {.path = (char*) "/bin/echo"}) == 0);
+        assert_se(verify_executable(NULL, &(ExecCommand) {.flags = EXEC_COMMAND_IGNORE_FAILURE, .path = (char*) "/bin/echo"}) == 0);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+        test_setup_logging(LOG_DEBUG);
+
+        test_verify_nonexistent();
+}
diff --git a/src/test/meson.build b/src/test/meson.build
index a674d6cfe9..7f96be8f55 100644
--- a/src/test/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/meson.build
@@ -1127,6 +1127,10 @@ tests += [
          [],
          []],
 
+        [['src/analyze/test-verify.c', 'src/analyze/analyze-verify.c', 'src/analyze/analyze-verify.h'],
+         [libcore, libshared],
+         []],
+
         [['src/login/test-inhibit.c'],
          [],
          [],