diff --git a/bin/direxec b/bin/direxec
index adecba7b..ca84efdd 100755
--- a/bin/direxec
+++ b/bin/direxec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ except OSError:
 # Run scripts
 for executable, folder in sorted(files):
     command = os.path.join(folder, executable)
-    if os.access(command, os.X_OK):
+    if os.access(command, os.X_OK) and not os.path.isdir(command):
         logger.debug("Executing %s", command)
         subprocess.check_call(command)
 
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index 4f0f8dc7..541054bb 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -755,6 +755,20 @@ def test_aggregate_permissions(self):
                 ("autoaggregate",),
             )
 
+    def test_entrypoint_python(self):
+        symlink_dir = join(SCAFFOLDINGS_DIR, "entrypoint")
+        for sub_env in matrix():
+            self.compose_test(
+                symlink_dir,
+                dict(sub_env, UID=str(os.getuid()), GID=str(os.getgid())),
+                # we verify that customizing entrypoint with python files work by writing to
+                # /tmp/customize_entrypoint.mark.txt with 60-customize_entrypoint.py
+                (
+                    "cat",
+                    "/tmp/customize_entrypoint.mark.txt",
+                ),
+            )
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/tests/scaffoldings/entrypoint/Dockerfile b/tests/scaffoldings/entrypoint/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4916c47a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scaffoldings/entrypoint/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ARG ODOO_VERSION
+FROM tecnativa/doodba:${ODOO_VERSION}-onbuild
diff --git a/tests/scaffoldings/entrypoint/custom/entrypoint.d/60-customize_entrypoint.py b/tests/scaffoldings/entrypoint/custom/entrypoint.d/60-customize_entrypoint.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c2054ffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scaffoldings/entrypoint/custom/entrypoint.d/60-customize_entrypoint.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import doodbalib
+
+doodbalib.logger.info("custom entrypoint running")
+with open("/tmp/customize_entrypoint.mark.txt", "w") as fp:
+    fp.write("ok\n")
+doodbalib.logger.info("custom created /tmp/customize_entrypoint.mark.txt")
diff --git a/tests/scaffoldings/entrypoint/custom/src/addons.yaml b/tests/scaffoldings/entrypoint/custom/src/addons.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/scaffoldings/entrypoint/docker-compose.yaml b/tests/scaffoldings/entrypoint/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf15da4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scaffoldings/entrypoint/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+version: "2.1"
+services:
+  odoo:
+    build:
+      context: ./
+      args:
+        # compile causes the creation of __pycache__ in entrypoint.d for this test
+        COMPILE: "true"
+        ODOO_VERSION: $ODOO_MINOR
+        WITHOUT_DEMO: "false"
+    tty: true
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+    environment:
+      PYTHONOPTIMIZE: ""
+      UNACCENT: "false"
+    volumes:
+      - filestore:/var/lib/odoo:z
+
+  db:
+    image: postgres:${DB_VERSION}-alpine
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: odoo
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: odoopassword
+    volumes:
+      - db:/var/lib/postgresql/data:z
+
+volumes:
+  db:
+  filestore: