diff --git a/src/gnome-cmd-data.cc b/src/gnome-cmd-data.cc
index ecc521d..adde93f 100644
--- a/src/gnome-cmd-data.cc
+++ b/src/gnome-cmd-data.cc
@@ -1101,6 +1101,9 @@ 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 8837902..8d32ab8 100644
--- a/src/gnome-cmd-data.h
+++ b/src/gnome-cmd-data.h
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ struct GnomeCmdData
     gint                         main_win_height;
     GdkWindowState               main_win_state;
 
+    mode_t                       umask;
+
     GnomeCmdData();
 
     void free();                // FIXME: free() -> ~GnomeCmdData()
diff --git a/src/gnome-cmd-mkdir-dialog.cc b/src/gnome-cmd-mkdir-dialog.cc
index 1f90a29..53a7d42 100644
--- a/src/gnome-cmd-mkdir-dialog.cc
+++ b/src/gnome-cmd-mkdir-dialog.cc
@@ -105,13 +105,12 @@ static gboolean on_ok (GnomeCmdStringDialog *string_dialog, const gchar **values
 
     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);
 
         // focus the created directory (if possible)
         if (result==GNOME_VFS_OK)