diff --git a/src/uu/mktemp/src/mktemp.rs b/src/uu/mktemp/src/mktemp.rs
index 89fe21a6472..e145a393354 100644
--- a/src/uu/mktemp/src/mktemp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/mktemp/src/mktemp.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ use std::fmt::Display;
 use std::iter;
 use std::path::{is_separator, Path, PathBuf, MAIN_SEPARATOR};
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use std::fs;
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use std::os::unix::prelude::PermissionsExt;
+
 use rand::Rng;
 use tempfile::Builder;
 
@@ -346,6 +351,11 @@ fn exec(dir: &Path, prefix: &str, rand: usize, suffix: &str, make_dir: bool) ->
             .1
     };
 
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    if make_dir {
+        fs::set_permissions(&path, fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o700))?;
+    }
+
     // Get just the last component of the path to the created
     // temporary file or directory.
     let filename = path.file_name();
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_mktemp.rs b/tests/by-util/test_mktemp.rs
index 7c097b4250b..86c4ba4dbe4 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_mktemp.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_mktemp.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use tempfile::tempdir;
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+
 static TEST_TEMPLATE1: &str = "tempXXXXXX";
 static TEST_TEMPLATE2: &str = "temp";
 static TEST_TEMPLATE3: &str = "tempX";
@@ -501,6 +504,18 @@ fn test_respect_template_directory() {
     assert!(at.file_exists(filename));
 }
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+#[test]
+fn test_directory_permissions() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    let result = ucmd.args(&["-d", "XXX"]).succeeds();
+    let dirname = result.no_stderr().stdout_str().trim_end();
+    assert_matches_template!("XXX", dirname);
+    let metadata = at.metadata(dirname);
+    assert!(metadata.is_dir());
+    assert_eq!(metadata.permissions().mode(), 0o40700);
+}
+
 /// Test that a template with a path separator is invalid.
 #[test]
 fn test_template_path_separator() {