diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c0b4b082..f011936d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ target/
 .sbtserver
 .scala-build/
 .bsp/
+.metals/
+.vscode/
 project/.sbtserver
 tags
 nohup.out
diff --git a/.mill-version b/.mill-version
index ac454c6a..7bfd8360 100644
--- a/.mill-version
+++ b/.mill-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.12.0
+0.12.8
diff --git a/.scalafmt.conf b/.scalafmt.conf
index aa39efda..ff248aa4 100644
--- a/.scalafmt.conf
+++ b/.scalafmt.conf
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ runner.dialect = scala213
 
 project.excludePaths = [
     "glob:**/src-3/**"
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
diff --git a/os/src/ZipOps.scala b/os/src/ZipOps.scala
index 317b27a8..b6f6e99c 100644
--- a/os/src/ZipOps.scala
+++ b/os/src/ZipOps.scala
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package os
 
 import java.net.URI
 import java.nio.file.{FileSystem, FileSystems, Files}
-import java.nio.file.attribute.{BasicFileAttributeView, FileTime, PosixFilePermissions}
+import java.nio.file.attribute.{BasicFileAttributeView, FileTime, PosixFilePermission, PosixFilePermissions}
 import java.util.zip.{ZipEntry, ZipFile, ZipInputStream, ZipOutputStream}
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 import scala.util.matching.Regex
@@ -149,29 +149,20 @@ object zip {
       preserveMtimes: Boolean,
       zipOut: ZipOutputStream
   ) = {
-
-    val mtimeOpt = if (preserveMtimes) Some(os.mtime(file)) else None
-
-    val fis = if (os.isFile(file)) Some(os.read.inputStream(file)) else None
-    try makeZipEntry0(sub, fis, mtimeOpt, zipOut)
-    finally fis.foreach(_.close())
-  }
-
-  private def makeZipEntry0(
-      sub: os.SubPath,
-      is: Option[java.io.InputStream],
-      preserveMtimes: Option[Long],
-      zipOut: ZipOutputStream
-  ) = {
     val zipEntry = new ZipEntry(sub.toString)
-
-    preserveMtimes match {
-      case Some(mtime) => zipEntry.setTime(mtime)
-      case None => zipEntry.setTime(0)
-    }
-
+    if (preserveMtimes) zipEntry.setTime(os.mtime(file)) else zipEntry.setTime(0)
     zipOut.putNextEntry(zipEntry)
-    is.foreach(os.Internals.transfer(_, zipOut, close = false))
+    if (os.isFile(file)) {
+        val fis = os.read.inputStream(file)
+        try os.Internals.transfer(fis, zipOut, close = false)
+        finally fis.close()
+    }
+    // TODO make it conditional ???
+    if (!scala.util.Properties.isWin) {
+      val filePerms = os.perms(file)
+      val perms = PosixFilePermissions.fromString(filePerms.toString)
+      Files.setAttribute(sub.toNIO, "zip:permissions", perms);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -280,6 +271,11 @@ object unzip {
         os.Internals.transfer(zipInputStream, outputStream, close = false)
         outputStream.close()
       }
+      // TODO optional ???
+      if (!scala.util.Properties.isWin) {
+        val perms = Files.getAttribute(java.nio.file.Paths.get(zipEntry.getName), "zip:permissions").asInstanceOf[java.util.Set[PosixFilePermission]]
+        os.perms.set(newFile, PermSet.fromSet(perms))
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/os/test/src-jvm/ZipOpJvmTests.scala b/os/test/src-jvm/ZipOpJvmTests.scala
index dfe4bad2..764760ac 100644
--- a/os/test/src-jvm/ZipOpJvmTests.scala
+++ b/os/test/src-jvm/ZipOpJvmTests.scala
@@ -133,6 +133,53 @@ object ZipOpJvmTests extends TestSuite {
       test("append") - prep { wd => zipAndUnzipDontPreserveMtimes(wd, true) }
     }
 
+    test("zipAndUnzipPreservePermissions") - prep { wd =>
+      if (Unix()) {
+        // Zipping files and folders in a new zip file
+        val zipFileName = "zip-file-test.zip"
+        os.perms.set(wd / "File.txt", "rwxr-xr-x")
+        os.perms.set(wd / "folder1/nestedA", "rw-rw-rw-")
+        val zipFile1: os.Path = os.zip(
+            dest = wd / zipFileName,
+            sources = Seq(
+                wd / "File.txt",
+                wd / "folder1"
+            )
+        )
+        // Adding files and folders to an existing zip file
+        os.zip(
+            dest = zipFile1,
+            sources = Seq(
+                wd / "folder2",
+                wd / "Multi Line.txt"
+            )
+        )
+
+        // Unzip file to a destination folder
+        val unzippedFolder = os.unzip(
+            source = wd / zipFileName,
+            dest = wd / "unzipped folder"
+        )
+
+        val paths = os.walk(unzippedFolder)
+        val expected = Seq(
+            // Files get included in the zip root using their name
+            wd / "unzipped folder/File.txt",
+            wd / "unzipped folder/Multi Line.txt",
+            // Folder contents get included relative to the source root
+            wd / "unzipped folder/nestedA",
+            wd / "unzipped folder/nestedB",
+            wd / "unzipped folder/one.txt",
+            wd / "unzipped folder/nestedA/a.txt",
+            wd / "unzipped folder/nestedB/b.txt"
+        )
+        assert(paths.sorted == expected)
+
+        os.perms(wd / "unzipped folder/File.txt") ==> "rwxr-xr-x"
+        os.perms(wd / "unzipped folder/nestedA") ==> "rw-rw-rw-"
+      }
+    }
+
     test("deletePatterns") - prep { wd =>
       val amxFile = "File.amx"
       os.copy(wd / "File.txt", wd / amxFile)