diff --git a/internal/deb/extract.go b/internal/deb/extract.go
index 1b399973..e6d69336 100644
--- a/internal/deb/extract.go
+++ b/internal/deb/extract.go
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ func extractData(dataReader io.Reader, options *ExtractOptions) error {
 		}
 
 		var pathReader io.Reader = tarReader
+		origMode := tarHeader.Mode
 		for _, extractInfo := range extractInfos {
 			if contentIsCached {
 				pathReader = bytes.NewReader(contentCache)
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ func extractData(dataReader io.Reader, options *ExtractOptions) error {
 			if err := createParents(targetPath); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			tarHeader.Mode = origMode
 			if extractInfo.Mode != 0 {
 				tarHeader.Mode = int64(extractInfo.Mode)
 			}
diff --git a/internal/deb/extract_test.go b/internal/deb/extract_test.go
index dc97203d..d6ec277e 100644
--- a/internal/deb/extract_test.go
+++ b/internal/deb/extract_test.go
@@ -413,6 +413,32 @@ var extractTests = []extractTest{{
 		"/a/b/c/":  "dir 0706",
 		"/a/b/c/d": "file 0601 empty",
 	},
+}, {
+	summary: "Copies with different permissions",
+	pkgdata: testutil.MustMakeDeb([]testutil.TarEntry{
+		DIR(0701, "./a/"),
+		REG(0601, "./b", ""),
+	}),
+	options: deb.ExtractOptions{
+		Extract: map[string][]deb.ExtractInfo{
+			"/a/": []deb.ExtractInfo{
+				{Path: "/b/"},
+				{Path: "/c/", Mode: 0702},
+				{Path: "/d/", Mode: 01777},
+				{Path: "/e/"},
+				{Path: "/f/", Mode: 0723},
+				{Path: "/g/"},
+			},
+		},
+	},
+	result: map[string]string{
+		"/b/": "dir 0701",
+		"/c/": "dir 0702",
+		"/d/": "dir 01777",
+		"/e/": "dir 0701",
+		"/f/": "dir 0723",
+		"/g/": "dir 0701",
+	},
 }}
 
 func (s *S) TestExtract(c *C) {