1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/copy_file.c b/libbb/copy_file.c
index b2750ccf8..2d18b6087 100644
--- a/libbb/copy_file.c
+++ b/libbb/copy_file.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
         if (S_ISDIR(source_stat.st_mode)) {
                 DIR *dp;
                 struct dirent *d;
+                mode_t saved_umask = 0;
 
                 if (!(flags & FILEUTILS_RECUR)) {
                         error_msg("%s: omitting directory", source);
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
                                 return -1;
                         }
                 } else {
-                        mode_t mode, saved_umask;
+                        mode_t mode;
                         saved_umask = umask(0);
 
                         mode = source_stat.st_mode;
@@ -122,6 +123,12 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
                         perror_msg("unable to close directory `%s'", source);
                         status = -1;
                 }
+
+                if (!dest_exists &&
+                                chmod(dest, source_stat.st_mode & ~saved_umask) < 0) {
+                        perror_msg("unable to change permissions of `%s'", dest);
+                        status = -1;
+                }
         } else if (S_ISREG(source_stat.st_mode)) {
                 FILE *sfp, *dfp;