diff --git a/tests/procs/__init__.py b/tests/procs/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/tests/procs/test_executables.py b/tests/procs/test_executables.py
index e552e548f..aa27c1426 100644
--- a/tests/procs/test_executables.py
+++ b/tests/procs/test_executables.py
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ import os
 
 from xonsh.environ import Env
 from xonsh.platform import ON_WINDOWS
-from xonsh.procs.executables import get_paths, get_possible_names, locate_executable
+from xonsh.procs.executables import (
+    get_paths,
+    get_possible_names,
+    locate_executable,
+    locate_file,
+)
 
 
 def test_get_possible_names():
@@ -44,3 +49,14 @@ def test_locate_executable(tmpdir, xession):
             assert locate_executable("file1") is None
             assert locate_executable("file4") is None
             assert locate_executable("file2") is None
+
+
+def test_locate_file(tmpdir, xession):
+    bindir1 = tmpdir.mkdir("bindir1")
+    bindir2 = tmpdir.mkdir("bindir2")
+    bindir3 = tmpdir.mkdir("bindir3")
+    file = bindir2 / "findme"
+    file.write_text("", encoding="utf8")
+    with xession.env.swap(PATH=[str(bindir1), str(bindir2), str(bindir3)]):
+        f = locate_file("findme")
+        assert str(f) == str(file)
diff --git a/xonsh/procs/executables.py b/xonsh/procs/executables.py
index a6c81989b..b26131111 100644
--- a/xonsh/procs/executables.py
+++ b/xonsh/procs/executables.py
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ def locate_file(name, env=None, check_executable=False, use_pathext=False):
         filepath = Path(path) / possible_name
 
         try:
-            if check_executable and not is_executable(filepath):
+            if not filepath.is_file() or (
+                check_executable and not is_executable(filepath)
+            ):
                 continue
             return str(filepath)
         except PermissionError: