diff --git a/src/dialogs/gnome-cmd-mkdir-dialog.cc b/src/dialogs/gnome-cmd-mkdir-dialog.cc
index dda6508..e47cd54 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/gnome-cmd-mkdir-dialog.cc
+++ b/src/dialogs/gnome-cmd-mkdir-dialog.cc
@@ -101,15 +101,13 @@ static void response_callback (GtkDialog *dialog, int response_id, GnomeCmdDir *
 
                     GnomeVFSResult result = GNOME_VFS_OK;
 
+                    guint perm = (GNOME_VFS_PERM_USER_ALL | GNOME_VFS_PERM_GROUP_ALL | GNOME_VFS_PERM_OTHER_ALL) & ~gnome_cmd_data.umask | GNOME_VFS_PERM_USER_WRITE | GNOME_VFS_PERM_USER_EXEC;
+
                     for (GSList *i = uri_list; i; i = g_slist_next (i))
                     {
                         GnomeVFSURI *mkdir_uri = (GnomeVFSURI *) i->data;
 
-                        result = gnome_vfs_make_directory_for_uri (mkdir_uri,
-                                                                   GNOME_VFS_PERM_USER_READ|GNOME_VFS_PERM_USER_WRITE|GNOME_VFS_PERM_USER_EXEC|
-                                                                   GNOME_VFS_PERM_GROUP_READ|GNOME_VFS_PERM_GROUP_EXEC|
-                                                                   GNOME_VFS_PERM_OTHER_READ|GNOME_VFS_PERM_OTHER_EXEC);
-
+                        result = gnome_vfs_make_directory_for_uri (mkdir_uri, perm);
 
                         if (result!=GNOME_VFS_OK)
                         {
diff --git a/src/gnome-cmd-data.cc b/src/gnome-cmd-data.cc
index dc97d85..64fdb9c 100644
--- a/src/gnome-cmd-data.cc
+++ b/src/gnome-cmd-data.cc
@@ -959,6 +959,9 @@ GnomeCmdData::GnomeCmdData()
     editor = NULL;
     differ = NULL;
     term = NULL;
+
+    umask = ::umask(0);
+    ::umask(umask);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/gnome-cmd-data.h b/src/gnome-cmd-data.h
index 5059477..a26365f 100644
--- a/src/gnome-cmd-data.h
+++ b/src/gnome-cmd-data.h
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ struct GnomeCmdData
     gint                         main_win_height;
     GdkWindowState               main_win_state;
 
+    mode_t                       umask;
+
     std::map<guint,std::vector<Tab> > tabs;
 
     GnomeCmdData();