diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 2df1bf6..44ba009 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
         overlays/zfs-relmount
         overlays/ical2org.nix
         overlays/mautrix-discord.nix
+        overlays/getmail6
         overlays/maildrop
       ];
 
diff --git a/overlays/getmail6/default.nix b/overlays/getmail6/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e988e38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/getmail6/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ lib, ... }:
+let
+  inherit (lib)
+    singleton;
+in
+{
+  flake.overlays.getmail6 =
+    final: prev:
+    {
+      getmail6 = prev.getmail6.overrideAttrs (old: {
+        patches = singleton ./getmail-read-exec-from-path.patch;
+      });
+    };
+}
diff --git a/overlays/getmail6/getmail-read-exec-from-path.patch b/overlays/getmail6/getmail-read-exec-from-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a9455d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/getmail6/getmail-read-exec-from-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+diff --git a/getmailcore/baseclasses.py b/getmailcore/baseclasses.py
+index 7143886..e94ba0d 100755
+--- a/getmailcore/baseclasses.py
++++ b/getmailcore/baseclasses.py
+@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ class ConfFile(ConfString):
+         if val is None:
+             return None
+         val = expand_user_vars(val)
+-        if not os.path.isfile(val):
++        if not os.path.isfile(val) and not self.name == 'path' and not self.name == 'password_command':
+             raise getmailConfigurationError(
+                 '%s: specified file "%s" does not exist' % (self.name, val)
+             )
+@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ class ForkingBase(object):
+                          stdout, stderr, args, nolog=False):
+         self._pipemail(msg, delivered_to, received, unixfrom, stdout, stderr)
+         nolog or self.log.debug('about to execl() with args %s\n' % str(args))
+-        os.execl(*args)
++        os.execlp(*args)
+ 
+     def forkchild(self, childfun, with_out=True):
+         self.child = child = Namespace()
+diff --git a/getmailcore/destinations.py b/getmailcore/destinations.py
+index 2d25558..d7adeba 100755
+--- a/getmailcore/destinations.py
++++ b/getmailcore/destinations.py
+@@ -607,9 +607,9 @@ class MDA_external(DeliverySkeleton, ForkingBase):
+     def initialize(self):
+         self.log.trace()
+         self.conf['command'] = os.path.basename(self.conf['path'])
+-        if not os.access(self.conf['path'], os.X_OK):
+-            raise getmailConfigurationError('%s not executable'
+-                                            % self.conf['path'])
++        # if not os.access(self.conf['path'], os.X_OK):
++        #     raise getmailConfigurationError('%s not executable'
++        #                                     % self.conf['path'])
+         if type(self.conf['arguments']) != tuple:
+             raise getmailConfigurationError(
+                 'incorrect arguments format; see documentation (%s)'
+diff --git a/getmailcore/filters.py b/getmailcore/filters.py
+index e118e8e..014970a 100755
+--- a/getmailcore/filters.py
++++ b/getmailcore/filters.py
+@@ -193,10 +193,10 @@ class Filter_external(FilterSkeleton, ForkingBase):
+     def initialize(self):
+         self.log.trace()
+         self.conf['command'] = os.path.basename(self.conf['path'])
+-        if not os.access(self.conf['path'], os.X_OK):
+-            raise getmailConfigurationError(
+-                '%s not executable' % self.conf['path']
+-            )
++        # if not os.access(self.conf['path'], os.X_OK):
++        #    raise getmailConfigurationError(
++        #        '%s not executable' % self.conf['path']
++        #    )
+         if type(self.conf['arguments']) != tuple:
+             raise getmailConfigurationError(
+                 'incorrect arguments format; see documentation (%s)'
+@@ -332,10 +332,10 @@ class Filter_TMDA(FilterSkeleton, ForkingBase):
+     def initialize(self):
+         self.log.trace()
+         self.conf['command'] = os.path.basename(self.conf['path'])
+-        if not os.access(self.conf['path'], os.X_OK):
+-            raise getmailConfigurationError(
+-                '%s not executable' % self.conf['path']
+-            )
++        # if not os.access(self.conf['path'], os.X_OK):
++        #     raise getmailConfigurationError(
++        #         '%s not executable' % self.conf['path']
++        #     )
+         self.exitcodes_keep = (0, )
+         self.exitcodes_drop = (99, )
+