diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9cf4a906..0902ee96 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ xbed.sql
 **/sqlpage.bin
 node_modules/
 sqlpage/sqlpage.db
+tests_uploads/
diff --git a/examples/official-site/sqlpage/migrations/39_persist_uploaded_file.sql b/examples/official-site/sqlpage/migrations/39_persist_uploaded_file.sql
index 4b75fd18..b45943aa 100644
--- a/examples/official-site/sqlpage/migrations/39_persist_uploaded_file.sql
+++ b/examples/official-site/sqlpage/migrations/39_persist_uploaded_file.sql
@@ -62,4 +62,14 @@ VALUES (
         'Optional. Comma-separated list of allowed file extensions. By default: jpg,jpeg,png,gif,bmp,webp,pdf,txt,doc,docx,xls,xlsx,csv,mp3,mp4,wav,avi,mov.
 Changing this may be dangerous ! If you add "sql", "svg" or "html" to the list, an attacker could execute arbitrary SQL queries on your database, or impersonate other users.',
         'TEXT'
+    ),
+    (
+        'persist_uploaded_file',
+        4,
+        'mode',
+        'Optional. Unix permissions to set on the file, in octal notation. By default, the file will be saved with "600" (read/write for the owner only).
+Octal notation works by using three digits from 0 to 7: the first for the owner, the second for the group, and the third for others.
+For example, "644" means read/write for the owner, and read-only for others.
+[Learn more about numeric notation for file-system permissions on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File-system_permissions#Numeric_notation).',
+        'TEXT'
     );
diff --git a/src/webserver/database/sqlpage_functions/functions.rs b/src/webserver/database/sqlpage_functions/functions.rs
index a41b18a1..743d0b54 100644
--- a/src/webserver/database/sqlpage_functions/functions.rs
+++ b/src/webserver/database/sqlpage_functions/functions.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ super::function_definition_macro::sqlpage_functions! {
     link(file: Cow<str>, parameters: Option<Cow<str>>, hash: Option<Cow<str>>);
 
     path((&RequestInfo));
-    persist_uploaded_file((&RequestInfo), field_name: Cow<str>, folder: Option<Cow<str>>, allowed_extensions: Option<Cow<str>>);
+    persist_uploaded_file((&RequestInfo), field_name: Cow<str>, folder: Option<Cow<str>>, allowed_extensions: Option<Cow<str>>, mode: Option<Cow<str>>);
     protocol((&RequestInfo));
 
     random_string(string_length: SqlPageFunctionParam<usize>);
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ async fn persist_uploaded_file<'a>(
     field_name: Cow<'a, str>,
     folder: Option<Cow<'a, str>>,
     allowed_extensions: Option<Cow<'a, str>>,
+    mode: Option<Cow<'a, str>>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<Option<String>> {
     let folder = folder.unwrap_or(Cow::Borrowed("uploads"));
     let allowed_extensions_str =
@@ -456,6 +457,7 @@ async fn persist_uploaded_file<'a>(
                 target_path.display()
             )
         })?;
+    set_file_mode(&target_path, mode.as_deref()).await?;
     // remove the WEB_ROOT prefix from the path, but keep the leading slash
     let path = "/".to_string()
         + target_path
@@ -475,6 +477,26 @@ async fn protocol(request: &RequestInfo) -> &str {
     &request.protocol
 }
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+async fn set_file_mode(path: &std::path::Path, mode: Option<&str>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+    let mode = if let Some(mode) = mode {
+        u32::from_str_radix(mode, 8)
+            .with_context(|| format!("unable to parse file mode {mode:?} as an octal number"))?
+    } else {
+        0o600
+    };
+    tokio::fs::set_permissions(path, std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(mode))
+        .await
+        .with_context(|| format!("unable to set permissions on {}", path.display()))?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(unix))]
+async fn set_file_mode(_path: &std::path::Path, _mode: Option<&str>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Returns a random string of the specified length.
 pub(crate) async fn random_string(len: usize) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
     // OsRng can block on Linux, so we run this on a blocking thread.
diff --git a/tests/uploads/mod.rs b/tests/uploads/mod.rs
index 0e997676..7163235d 100644
--- a/tests/uploads/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/uploads/mod.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,62 @@ async fn test_file_upload(target: &str) -> actix_web::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[actix_web::test]
+async fn test_persist_uploaded_file_mode() -> actix_web::Result<()> {
+    let app_data = crate::common::make_app_data().await;
+    let req = actix_web::test::TestRequest::get()
+        .uri("/tests/uploads/persist_with_mode.sql?mode=644")
+        .app_data(app_data.clone())
+        .app_data(sqlpage::webserver::http::payload_config(&app_data))
+        .app_data(sqlpage::webserver::http::form_config(&app_data))
+        .insert_header((actix_web::http::header::ACCEPT, "application/json"))
+        .insert_header(("content-type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=1234567890"))
+        .set_payload(
+            "--1234567890\r\n\
+            Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"my_file\"; filename=\"test.txt\"\r\n\
+            Content-Type: text/plain\r\n\
+            \r\n\
+            Hello\r\n\
+            --1234567890--\r\n",
+        )
+        .to_srv_request();
+    let resp = main_handler(req).await?;
+
+    assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+    let body_json: serde_json::Value = test::read_body_json(resp).await;
+    let persisted_path = body_json[0]["contents"]
+        .as_str()
+        .expect("Path not found in JSON response");
+
+    // The path is relative to web root, we need to find it on disk.
+    // In tests, web root is the repo root.
+    // We normalize the path separators to be platform-specific for the file system check.
+    let normalized_path = persisted_path
+        .replace('\\', "/")
+        .trim_start_matches('/')
+        .replace('/', std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR_STR);
+    let file_path = std::path::Path::new(&normalized_path);
+    assert!(
+        file_path.exists(),
+        "Persisted file {} does not exist. Persisted path: {}, JSON: {}",
+        file_path.display(),
+        persisted_path,
+        body_json
+    );
+    let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(file_path)?;
+    assert_eq!(contents, "Hello");
+
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+        let metadata = std::fs::metadata(file_path)?;
+        assert_eq!(metadata.permissions().mode() & 0o777, 0o644);
+    }
+
+    std::fs::remove_file(file_path)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[actix_web::test]
 async fn test_file_upload_direct() -> actix_web::Result<()> {
     test_file_upload("/tests/uploads/upload_file_test.sql").await
diff --git a/tests/uploads/persist_with_mode.sql b/tests/uploads/persist_with_mode.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4758edf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/uploads/persist_with_mode.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+set contents = sqlpage.persist_uploaded_file('my_file', 'tests_uploads', 'txt', $mode);
+select 'text' as component, $contents as contents;