diff --git a/os/src/ZipOps.scala b/os/src/ZipOps.scala
index e8ee40a0..14fad6fd 100644
--- a/os/src/ZipOps.scala
+++ b/os/src/ZipOps.scala
@@ -360,10 +360,10 @@ object unzip {
         } else null
 
         if (zipEntry.isDirectory) {
-          os.makeDir.all(newFile, perms = perms)
-          if (perms != null && os.perms(newFile) != perms) {
-            // because of umask
-            os.perms.set(newFile, perms)
+          os.makeDir.all(newFile)
+          if (perms != null) {
+            // make sure directories at least have OWNER_EXECUTE
+            os.perms.set(newFile, perms + PosixFilePermission.OWNER_EXECUTE)
           }
         } else if (isSymLink) {
           val target = scala.io.Source.fromInputStream(zipInputStream).mkString
diff --git a/os/test/src/ZipOpTests.scala b/os/test/src/ZipOpTests.scala
index 3462e550..afa61d0a 100644
--- a/os/test/src/ZipOpTests.scala
+++ b/os/test/src/ZipOpTests.scala
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import test.os.TestUtil.prep
 import utest._
 
 import java.io.{ByteArrayInputStream, ByteArrayOutputStream, PrintStream}
+import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission
 import java.util.zip.{ZipEntry, ZipOutputStream}
 
 object ZipOpTests extends TestSuite {
@@ -537,5 +538,25 @@ object ZipOpTests extends TestSuite {
       assert(file2Content == "Content of file2")
     }
 
+    test("unzipDirectoryEnsureExecutablePermission") - prep { wd =>
+      if (!scala.util.Properties.isWin) {
+        val zipFileName = "zipDirExecutable"
+        val source = wd / "folder1"
+        val dir = source / "dir"
+
+        os.makeDir(dir)
+        val perms = os.perms(dir)
+        os.perms.set(dir, perms - PosixFilePermission.OWNER_EXECUTE)
+
+        val zipped = os.zip(
+          dest = wd / s"$zipFileName.zip",
+          sources = Seq(source)
+        )
+
+        val unzipped = os.unzip(zipped, dest = wd / zipFileName)
+        assert(os.perms(unzipped / "dir").contains(PosixFilePermission.OWNER_EXECUTE))
+        assert(os.perms(unzipped / "dir") == perms)
+      }
+    }
   }
 }