diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/DiskTests/DiskTransferServiceFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/DiskTests/DiskTransferServiceFixture.cs
index 8c1fab599..df67b6bc7 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/DiskTests/DiskTransferServiceFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/DiskTests/DiskTransferServiceFixture.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -1046,6 +1046,9 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Test.DiskTests
             Mocker.GetMock<IDiskProvider>()
                .Setup(v => v.GetFileInfos(It.IsAny<string>()))
                .Returns(new List<FileInfo>());
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<IDiskProvider>()
+                .Setup(v => v.CopyPermissions(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string>(), false));
         }
 
         private void WithRealDiskProvider()
@@ -1105,6 +1108,9 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Test.DiskTests
             Mocker.GetMock<IDiskProvider>()
                 .Setup(v => v.OpenReadStream(It.IsAny<string>()))
                 .Returns<string>(s => new FileStream(s, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read));
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<IDiskProvider>()
+                .Setup(v => v.CopyPermissions(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string>(), false));
         }
 
         private void WithMockMount(string root)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Disk/DiskProviderBase.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Disk/DiskProviderBase.cs
index 81dccaa1c..727e788e9 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Disk/DiskProviderBase.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Disk/DiskProviderBase.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Disk
         public abstract long? GetAvailableSpace(string path);
         public abstract void InheritFolderPermissions(string filename);
         public abstract void SetPermissions(string path, string mask, string user, string group);
+        public abstract void CopyPermissions(string sourcePath, string targetPath, bool includeOwner);
         public abstract long? GetTotalSize(string path);
 
         public DateTime FolderGetCreationTime(string path)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Disk/DiskTransferService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Disk/DiskTransferService.cs
index 6c668e36b..984557462 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Disk/DiskTransferService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Disk/DiskTransferService.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Disk
             if (!_diskProvider.FolderExists(targetPath))
             {
                 _diskProvider.CreateFolder(targetPath);
+
+                _diskProvider.CopyPermissions(sourcePath, targetPath);
             }
 
             var result = mode;
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Disk/IDiskProvider.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Disk/IDiskProvider.cs
index 005fdf82e..554079f78 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Disk/IDiskProvider.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Disk/IDiskProvider.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Disk
         long? GetAvailableSpace(string path);
         void InheritFolderPermissions(string filename);
         void SetPermissions(string path, string mask, string user, string group);
+        void CopyPermissions(string sourcePath, string targetPath, bool includeOwner = false);
         long? GetTotalSize(string path);
         DateTime FolderGetCreationTime(string path);
         DateTime FolderGetLastWrite(string path);
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Mono.Test/DiskProviderTests/DiskProviderFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Mono.Test/DiskProviderTests/DiskProviderFixture.cs
index 65c126403..585c19eb4 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Mono.Test/DiskProviderTests/DiskProviderFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Mono.Test/DiskProviderTests/DiskProviderFixture.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using FluentAssertions;
 using Mono.Unix;
+using Mono.Unix.Native;
 using Moq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Disk;
@@ -127,5 +128,34 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Mono.Test.DiskProviderTests
             mount.Should().NotBeNull();
             mount.RootDirectory.Should().Be(rootDir);
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_copy_folder_permissions()
+        {
+            var src = GetTempFilePath();
+            var dst = GetTempFilePath();
+
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(src);
+
+            // Toggle one of the permission flags
+            Syscall.stat(src, out var origStat);
+            Syscall.chmod(src, origStat.st_mode ^ FilePermissions.S_IWGRP);
+
+            // Verify test setup
+            Syscall.stat(src, out var srcStat);
+            srcStat.st_mode.Should().NotBe(origStat.st_mode);
+
+            Subject.CreateFolder(dst);
+
+            // Verify test setup
+            Syscall.stat(dst, out var dstStat);
+            dstStat.st_mode.Should().Be(origStat.st_mode);
+
+            Subject.CopyPermissions(src, dst, false);
+
+            // Verify CopyPermissions
+            Syscall.stat(dst, out dstStat);
+            dstStat.st_mode.Should().Be(srcStat.st_mode);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Mono/Disk/DiskProvider.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Mono/Disk/DiskProvider.cs
index 9b091eaf2..e62a4eeda 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Mono/Disk/DiskProvider.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Mono/Disk/DiskProvider.cs
@@ -76,6 +76,29 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Mono.Disk
             SetOwner(path, user, group);
         }
 
+        public override void CopyPermissions(string sourcePath, string targetPath, bool includeOwner)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                Syscall.stat(sourcePath, out var srcStat);
+                Syscall.stat(targetPath, out var tgtStat);
+
+                if (srcStat.st_mode != tgtStat.st_mode)
+                {
+                    Syscall.chmod(targetPath, srcStat.st_mode);
+                }
+
+                if (includeOwner && (srcStat.st_uid != tgtStat.st_uid || srcStat.st_gid != tgtStat.st_gid))
+                {
+                    Syscall.chown(targetPath, srcStat.st_uid, srcStat.st_gid);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.Debug(ex, "Failed to copy permissions from {0} to {1}", sourcePath, targetPath);
+            }
+        }
+
         protected override List<IMount> GetAllMounts()
         {
             return _procMountProvider.GetMounts()
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Windows/Disk/DiskProvider.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Windows/Disk/DiskProvider.cs
index 10d1fe116..e23190055 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Windows/Disk/DiskProvider.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Windows/Disk/DiskProvider.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using NLog;
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Windows.Disk
         {
         }
 
+        public override void CopyPermissions(string sourcePath, string targetPath, bool includeOwner)
+        {
+        }
+
         public override long? GetTotalSize(string path)
         {
             Ensure.That(path, () => path).IsValidPath();