diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 51aaeb5e35..992abb971e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Fixed:
   the process (#2897)
 * Fixed `filename` getter being called multiple time in
   `output.file` (#2842)
+* Fixed default directory permissions in `output.*.hls`
+  operators (#2930)
 * Space trim in interactive variables set on telnet (#2785)
 * Fixed internal streaming logic in `max_duration` and `crossfade`.
 * Make sure that there's at most one metadata at any given
diff --git a/src/outputs/hls_output.ml b/src/outputs/hls_output.ml
index e18e94100e..cea692c284 100644
--- a/src/outputs/hls_output.ml
+++ b/src/outputs/hls_output.ml
@@ -93,11 +93,19 @@ let hls_proto kind =
         Some "Number of segments per playlist." );
       ( "perm",
         Lang.int_t,
-        Some (Lang.int 0o644),
+        Some (Lang.int 0o666),
         Some
           "Permission of the created files, up to umask. You can and should \
            write this number in octal notation: 0oXXX. The default value is \
            however displayed in decimal (0o666 = 6*8^2 + 4*8 + 4 = 412)." );
+      ( "dir_perm",
+        Lang.int_t,
+        Some (Lang.int 0o777),
+        Some
+          "Permission of the directories if some have to be created, up to \
+           umask. Although you can enter values in octal notation (0oXXX) they \
+           will be displayed in decimal (for instance, 0o777 = 7×8^2 + 7×8 + 7 \
+           = 511)." );
       ( "on_file_change",
         Lang.fun_t
           [(false, "state", Lang.string_t); (false, "", Lang.string_t)]
@@ -123,10 +131,6 @@ let hls_proto kind =
           "Location of the configuration file used to restart the output. \
            Relative paths are assumed to be with regard to the directory for \
            generated file." );
-      ( "perms",
-        Lang.int_t,
-        Some (Lang.int 0o755),
-        Some "Default directory rights if created. Default: `0o755`" );
       ( "strict_persist",
         Lang.bool_t,
         Some (Lang.bool false),
@@ -255,10 +259,11 @@ class hls_output p =
   let prefix = Lang.to_string (List.assoc "prefix" p) in
   let directory = Lang.to_string (Lang.assoc "" 1 p) in
   let perm = Lang.to_int (List.assoc "perm" p) in
+  let dir_perm = Lang.to_int (List.assoc "dir_perm" p) in
   let () =
     if (not (Sys.file_exists directory)) || not (Sys.is_directory directory)
     then (
-      try Utils.mkdir ~perm directory
+      try Utils.mkdir ~perm:dir_perm directory
       with exn ->
         let bt = Printexc.get_raw_backtrace () in
         Lang.raise_as_runtime ~bt ~kind:"file" exn)
@@ -273,7 +278,7 @@ class hls_output p =
           else filename
         in
         let dir = Filename.dirname filename in
-        (try Utils.mkdir ~perm:0o777 dir
+        (try Utils.mkdir ~perm:dir_perm dir
          with exn ->
            raise
              (Error.Invalid_value
@@ -432,7 +437,6 @@ class hls_output p =
   let max_segments =
     segments_per_playlist + Lang.to_int (List.assoc "segments_overhead" p)
   in
-  let file_perm = Lang.to_int (List.assoc "perm" p) in
   let kind = Kind.of_kind (Encoder.kind_of_format (List.hd streams).format) in
   object (self)
     inherit
@@ -456,7 +460,7 @@ class hls_output p =
 
     method private open_out filename =
       let mode = [Open_wronly; Open_creat; Open_trunc] in
-      let oc = open_out_gen mode file_perm filename in
+      let oc = open_out_gen mode perm filename in
       set_binary_mode_out oc true;
       on_file_change ~state:`Opened filename;
       oc
@@ -511,7 +515,7 @@ class hls_output p =
       let () =
         if (not (Sys.file_exists directory)) || not (Sys.is_directory directory)
         then (
-          try Utils.mkdir ~perm directory
+          try Utils.mkdir ~perm:dir_perm directory
           with exn ->
             let bt = Printexc.get_raw_backtrace () in
             Lang.raise_as_runtime ~bt ~kind:"file" exn)
diff --git a/tests/regression/GH2926.liq b/tests/regression/GH2926.liq
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67babecbcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/regression/GH2926.liq
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+%include "test.liq"
+
+tmp_dir = file.temp_dir("tmp", "dir")
+on_shutdown({file.rmdir(tmp_dir)})
+
+def f() =
+  enc     = %ffmpeg(format="mpegts",%audio(codec="aac"))
+  streams = [("enc", enc)]
+
+  output.file.hls(
+    fallible=true,
+    on_stop=test.pass,
+    persist_at="./config",
+    path.concat(tmp_dir, "hls"),
+    streams,
+    once(sine(duration=1.))
+  )
+end
+
+test.check(f)