diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipapp.py b/Lib/test/test_zipapp.py
index 8fb0a68deba535c..466cdc2f785c75a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zipapp.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zipapp.py
@@ -366,6 +366,20 @@ def test_shebang_is_executable(self):
         zipapp.create_archive(str(source), str(target), interpreter='python')
         self.assertTrue(target.stat().st_mode & stat.S_IEXEC)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'win32',
+                     'Windows does not support an executable bit')
+    @os_helper.skip_unless_working_chmod
+    def test_copied_archive_with_pathlike_target_is_executable(self):
+        # Test that copying an archive to a PathLike target makes it executable.
+        source = self.tmpdir / 'source'
+        source.mkdir()
+        (source / '__main__.py').touch()
+        target = self.tmpdir / 'source.pyz'
+        zipapp.create_archive(source, target, interpreter='python')
+        new_target = self.tmpdir / 'changed.pyz'
+        zipapp.create_archive(target, new_target, interpreter='python')
+        self.assertTrue(new_target.stat().st_mode & stat.S_IEXEC)
+
     @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'win32',
                      'Windows does not support an executable bit')
     def test_no_shebang_is_not_executable(self):
diff --git a/Lib/zipapp.py b/Lib/zipapp.py
index a1cef18ada9d05d..39e765d1ffdc6d4 100644
--- a/Lib/zipapp.py
+++ b/Lib/zipapp.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def _copy_archive(archive, new_archive, interpreter=None):
             dst.write(first_2)
             shutil.copyfileobj(src, dst)
 
-    if interpreter and isinstance(new_archive, str):
+    if interpreter and isinstance(new_archive, (str, os.PathLike)):
         os.chmod(new_archive, os.stat(new_archive).st_mode | stat.S_IEXEC)
 
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-08-29-14-28-46.gh-issue-156568.mkxLY8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-08-29-14-28-46.gh-issue-156568.mkxLY8.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..18ea6ecba9a0d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-08-29-14-28-46.gh-issue-156568.mkxLY8.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:func:`zipapp.create_archive` now correctly sets the executable bit on the
+target archive when the target is a path-like object.