diff --git a/internal/provider/data_source_archive_file.go b/internal/provider/data_source_archive_file.go
index fb95166b..b9e9cad1 100644
--- a/internal/provider/data_source_archive_file.go
+++ b/internal/provider/data_source_archive_file.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-archive/internal/hashcode"
@@ -77,6 +79,12 @@ func dataSourceFile() *schema.Resource {
 				ForceNew:      true,
 				ConflictsWith: []string{"source_content", "source_content_filename", "source_file"},
 			},
+			"mode": {
+				Type:          schema.TypeInt,
+				Optional:      true,
+				ForceNew:      true,
+				ConflictsWith: []string{"source_content", "source_content_filename"},
+			},
 			"excludes": {
 				Type:          schema.TypeSet,
 				Optional:      true,
@@ -172,6 +180,9 @@ func archive(d *schema.ResourceData) error {
 	}
 
 	if dir, ok := d.GetOk("source_dir"); ok {
+		if mode, ok := d.GetOk("mode"); ok {
+			chmod(dir.(string), mode.(int))
+		}
 		if excludes, ok := d.GetOk("excludes"); ok {
 			excludeList := expandStringList(excludes.(*schema.Set).List())
 
@@ -184,6 +195,9 @@ func archive(d *schema.ResourceData) error {
 			}
 		}
 	} else if file, ok := d.GetOk("source_file"); ok {
+		if mode, ok := d.GetOk("mode"); ok {
+			chmod(file.(string), mode.(int))
+		}
 		if err := archiver.ArchiveFile(file.(string)); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error archiving file: %s", err)
 		}
@@ -228,3 +242,23 @@ func genFileShas(filename string) (string, string, string, error) {
 
 	return sha1, sha256base64, md5Sum, nil
 }
+
+func chmod(path string, mode int) error {
+	modeDecimal, err := strconv.ParseInt(strconv.Itoa(mode), 8, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return filepath.Walk(path, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = os.Chmod(path, os.FileMode(modeDecimal))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+}
diff --git a/website/docs/d/archive_file.html.markdown b/website/docs/d/archive_file.html.markdown
index 48c9c503..13153e59 100644
--- a/website/docs/d/archive_file.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/d/archive_file.html.markdown
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ NOTE: One of `source`, `source_content_filename` (with `source_content`), `sourc
 
 * `source_dir` - (Optional) Package entire contents of this directory into the archive.
 
+* `mode` - (Optional) Recursively set `source_file` or `source_dir` permissions to this before packaging.
+
 * `source` - (Optional) Specifies attributes of a single source file to include into the archive.
 
 * `excludes` - (Optional) Specify files to ignore when reading the `source_dir`.