diff --git a/docs/modules/pe.rst b/docs/modules/pe.rst
index 7196d029d1..f7e3c377c1 100644
--- a/docs/modules/pe.rst
+++ b/docs/modules/pe.rst
@@ -1474,6 +1474,14 @@ Reference
 
     *Example: pe.is_pe*
 
+.. c:function:: is_exe()
+
+    .. versionadded:: 4.3.3
+
+    Function returning true if the PE is a EXE.
+
+    *Example: pe.is_exe()*
+
 .. c:function:: is_dll()
 
     .. versionadded:: 3.5.0
diff --git a/libyara/modules/pe/pe.c b/libyara/modules/pe/pe.c
index a9c96d9c36..135d6852d8 100644
--- a/libyara/modules/pe/pe.c
+++ b/libyara/modules/pe/pe.c
@@ -3299,6 +3299,18 @@ define_function(language)
   return_integer(0);
 }
 
+define_function(is_exe)
+{
+  int64_t characteristics;
+  YR_OBJECT* module = yr_module();
+
+  if (yr_is_undefined(module, "characteristics"))
+    return_integer(YR_UNDEFINED);
+
+  characteristics = yr_get_integer(module, "characteristics");
+  return_integer(characteristics & IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE);
+}
+
 define_function(is_dll)
 {
   int64_t characteristics;
@@ -3791,6 +3803,7 @@ begin_declarations
   declare_function("delayed_import_rva", "si", "i", delayed_import_rva_ordinal);
   declare_function("locale", "i", "i", locale);
   declare_function("language", "i", "i", language);
+  declare_function("is_exe", "", "i", is_exe);
   declare_function("is_dll", "", "i", is_dll);
   declare_function("is_32bit", "", "i", is_32bit);
   declare_function("is_64bit", "", "i", is_64bit);
diff --git a/tests/oss-fuzz/rules_fuzzer.dict b/tests/oss-fuzz/rules_fuzzer.dict
index f53deb7b9d..03903c67f6 100644
--- a/tests/oss-fuzz/rules_fuzzer.dict
+++ b/tests/oss-fuzz/rules_fuzzer.dict
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
 "pe.language"
 "pe.imphash"
 "pe.section_index"
+"pe.is_exe()"
 "pe.is_dll()"
 "pe.is_32bit()"
 "pe.is_64bit()"