diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/NativeLibraryLoader.java b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/NativeLibraryLoader.java
index ab607f0240..b6aaed358d 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/NativeLibraryLoader.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/NativeLibraryLoader.java
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ package io.netty.util.internal;
 import io.netty.util.internal.logging.InternalLogger;
 import io.netty.util.internal.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 
-import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission;
 import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
  * Helper class to load JNI resources.
@@ -227,6 +231,20 @@ public final class NativeLibraryLoader {
             out = null;
 
             loadLibrary(loader, tmpFile.getPath(), true);
+        } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
+            try {
+                if (tmpFile != null && tmpFile.isFile() && tmpFile.canRead() &&
+                    !NoexecVolumeDetector.canExecuteExecutable(tmpFile)) {
+                    logger.info("{} exists but cannot be executed even when execute permissions set; " +
+                                "check volume for \"noexec\" flag; use -Dio.netty.native.workdir=[path] " +
+                                "to set native working directory separately.",
+                                tmpFile.getPath());
+                }
+            } catch (Throwable t) {
+                logger.debug("Error checking if {} is on a file store mounted with noexec", tmpFile, t);
+            }
+            // Re-throw to fail the load
+            throw e;
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw (UnsatisfiedLinkError) new UnsatisfiedLinkError(
                     "could not load a native library: " + name).initCause(e);
@@ -371,4 +389,42 @@ public final class NativeLibraryLoader {
     private NativeLibraryLoader() {
         // Utility
     }
+
+    private static final class NoexecVolumeDetector {
+
+        private static boolean canExecuteExecutable(File file) throws IOException {
+            if (PlatformDependent.javaVersion() < 7) {
+                // Pre-JDK7, the Java API did not directly support POSIX permissions; instead of implementing a custom
+                // work-around, assume true, which disables the check.
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            // If we can already execute, there is nothing to do.
+            if (file.canExecute()) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            // On volumes, with noexec set, even files with the executable POSIX permissions will fail to execute.
+            // The File#canExecute() method honors this behavior, probaby via parsing the noexec flag when initializing
+            // the UnixFileStore, though the flag is not exposed via a public API.  To find out if library is being
+            // loaded off a volume with noexec, confirm or add executalbe permissions, then check File#canExecute().
+
+            Set<PosixFilePermission> existingFilePermissions = Files.getPosixFilePermissions(file.toPath());
+            Set<PosixFilePermission> executePermissions = EnumSet.of(PosixFilePermission.OWNER_EXECUTE,
+                                                                     PosixFilePermission.GROUP_EXECUTE,
+                                                                     PosixFilePermission.OTHERS_EXECUTE);
+            if (existingFilePermissions.containsAll(executePermissions)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            Set<PosixFilePermission> newPermissions = EnumSet.copyOf(existingFilePermissions);
+            newPermissions.addAll(executePermissions);
+            Files.setPosixFilePermissions(file.toPath(), newPermissions);
+            return file.canExecute();
+        }
+
+        private NoexecVolumeDetector() {
+            // Utility
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6cdbd5ba2b..354e720c21 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -709,6 +709,13 @@
 
             <!-- Resolver -->
             <ignore>java.net.InetAddress</ignore>
+
+            <!-- NoexecVolumeDetector -->
+            <ignore>java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission</ignore>
+            <ignore>java.nio.file.Files</ignore>
+            <ignore>java.nio.file.LinkOption</ignore>
+            <ignore>java.nio.file.Path</ignore>
+            <ignore>java.io.File</ignore>
           </ignores>
         </configuration>
         <executions>