1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/make_directory.c b/libbb/make_directory.c
index d07ccb93c..d96acf0d9 100644
--- a/libbb/make_directory.c
+++ b/libbb/make_directory.c
@@ -49,7 +49,14 @@ int bb_make_directory (char *path, long mode, int flags)
         struct stat st;
 
         mask = umask(0);
-        umask(mask & ~0300);
+        if (mode == -1) {
+                umask(mask);
+                mode = (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH |
+                                S_IWUSR | S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH |
+                                S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH) & ~mask;
+        } else {
+                umask(mask & ~0300);
+        }
 
         do {
                 c = 0;