diff --git a/microdroid/init.rc b/microdroid/init.rc
index ce0cab4..70c22d4 100644
--- a/microdroid/init.rc
+++ b/microdroid/init.rc
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     mount rootfs rootfs / remount bind ro nodev
 
     # TODO(b/185767624): change the hard-coded size?
-    mount tmpfs tmpfs /data noatime nosuid nodev rw size=128M
+    mount tmpfs tmpfs /data noatime nosuid nodev noexec rw size=128M
 
     # We chown/chmod /data again so because mount is run as root + defaults
     chown system system /data