diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog.md b/doc/ChangeLog.md
index a2d3a7267..9ba08981f 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ All notable changes to the project are documented in this file.
 - Upgrade Buildroot to 2025.02.4 (LTS)
 - Upgrade Linux kernel to 6.12.34 (LTS)
 - Upgrade curiOS built-in containers to v25.06.0
+- Add support for setting mode of a container content mount, issue #1070
 - Add Wi-Fi client support and add support for some USB-Wi-Fi cards
 - New slogan: Infix OS — Immutable.Friendly.Secure
 
diff --git a/src/confd/src/infix-containers.c b/src/confd/src/infix-containers.c
index 29285b13e..22736992f 100644
--- a/src/confd/src/infix-containers.c
+++ b/src/confd/src/infix-containers.c
@@ -113,10 +113,25 @@ static int add(const char *name, struct lyd_node *cif)
 
 		/* Content mount: create a unique file with 'content' and bind mount */
 		if (data) {
+			const char *mode = lydx_get_cattr(node, "mode");
 			const char *contdir = "/run/containers/files";
+			mode_t file_mode = 0644;
 			char cmd[256];
+			int pos, fd;
 			FILE *pp;
-			int pos;
+
+			if (mode) {
+				unsigned long val;
+				char *endptr;
+
+				val = strtoul(mode, &endptr, 8);
+				if (*endptr != '\0' || val > 07777) {
+					ERROR("%s: invalid file mode '%s'", nm, mode);
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				file_mode = (mode_t)val;
+			}
 
 			/*
 			 * prefix file name with container name, shared namespace,
@@ -129,6 +144,27 @@ static int add(const char *name, struct lyd_node *cif)
 					nm[i] = '-';
 			}
 
+			/*
+			 * Always create with secure permissions, then immediately
+			 * set final mode.  This takes care of both new files and
+			 * updates to existing files atomically.
+			 */
+			fd = open(nm, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0600);
+			if (fd < 0) {
+				ERRNO("%s: failed creating file %s", name, nm);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			/* Set final permissions */
+			if (fchmod(fd, file_mode) < 0) {
+				ERRNO("%s: failed setting file mode %s", nm, mode);
+				close(fd);
+				unlink(nm);
+				continue;
+			}
+			close(fd);
+
+			/* Now decode base64 content into the properly secured file */
 			snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "base64 -d > %s", nm);
 			pp = popen(cmd, "w");
 			if (!pp || fputs(data, pp) < 0) {
@@ -137,8 +173,8 @@ static int add(const char *name, struct lyd_node *cif)
 					pclose(pp);
 				continue;
 			}
-
 			pclose(pp);
+
 			type = "bind"; /* discard any configured setting */
 			src = nm;      /* discard any source, not used for content mounts */
 		}
diff --git a/src/confd/yang/confd/infix-containers.yang b/src/confd/yang/confd/infix-containers.yang
index 18974e579..9226bc243 100644
--- a/src/confd/yang/confd/infix-containers.yang
+++ b/src/confd/yang/confd/infix-containers.yang
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ module infix-containers {
     prefix infix-sys;
   }
 
+  revision 2025-06-25 {
+    description "Add file mode option to content mounts, allows creating scripts.";
+    reference "internal";
+  }
+
   revision 2025-05-14 {
     description
       "Validation improvement:
@@ -390,6 +395,16 @@ module infix-containers {
           }
         }
 
+        leaf mode {
+          description "File permissions for content mounts (not used for source mounts).
+
+                       Octal notation (e.g., '755', '0644', '4755').  When not specified,
+                       the mode will be '0644'.";
+          type string {
+            pattern '0?[0-7]{3,4}';
+          }
+        }
+
         leaf read-only {
           description "All mounts are read-only by default.
                        Use this option to allow containers to write to files
diff --git a/src/confd/yang/confd/infix-containers@2025-05-14.yang b/src/confd/yang/confd/infix-containers@2025-06-25.yang
similarity index 100%
rename from src/confd/yang/confd/infix-containers@2025-05-14.yang
rename to src/confd/yang/confd/infix-containers@2025-06-25.yang
diff --git a/src/confd/yang/containers.inc b/src/confd/yang/containers.inc
index 50447cf87..4b2e3f30c 100644
--- a/src/confd/yang/containers.inc
+++ b/src/confd/yang/containers.inc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- sh -*-
 MODULES=(
     "infix-interfaces -e containers"
-    "infix-containers@2025-05-14.yang"
+    "infix-containers@2025-06-25.yang"
 )