diff --git a/src/uu/install/src/install.rs b/src/uu/install/src/install.rs
index 4242cc04b46..49252dcf9e2 100644
--- a/src/uu/install/src/install.rs
+++ b/src/uu/install/src/install.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::entries::{grp2gid, usr2uid};
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UError, UResult, UUsageError};
 use uucore::fs::dir_strip_dot_for_creation;
-use uucore::mode::get_umask;
 use uucore::perms::{Verbosity, VerbosityLevel, wrap_chown};
 use uucore::process::{getegid, geteuid};
 #[cfg(feature = "selinux")]
@@ -339,7 +338,7 @@ fn behavior(matches: &ArgMatches) -> UResult<Behavior> {
 
     let specified_mode: Option<u32> = if matches.contains_id(OPT_MODE) {
         let x = matches.get_one::<String>(OPT_MODE).ok_or(1)?;
-        Some(mode::parse(x, considering_dir, get_umask()).map_err(|err| {
+        Some(mode::parse(x, considering_dir, 0).map_err(|err| {
             show_error!(
                 "{}",
                 translate!("install-error-invalid-mode", "error" => err)
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_install.rs b/tests/by-util/test_install.rs
index f4c7b2dc114..1e78b28dab1 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_install.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_install.rs
@@ -243,6 +243,29 @@ fn test_install_mode_symbolic() {
     assert_eq!(0o100_003_u32, PermissionsExt::mode(&permissions));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_install_mode_symbolic_ignore_umask() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    let dir = "target_dir";
+    let file = "source_file";
+    let mode_arg = "--mode=+w";
+
+    at.touch(file);
+    at.mkdir(dir);
+    ucmd.arg(file)
+        .arg(dir)
+        .arg(mode_arg)
+        .umask(0o022)
+        .succeeds()
+        .no_stderr();
+
+    let dest_file = &format!("{dir}/{file}");
+    assert!(at.file_exists(file));
+    assert!(at.file_exists(dest_file));
+    let permissions = at.metadata(dest_file).permissions();
+    assert_eq!(0o100_222_u32, PermissionsExt::mode(&permissions));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_install_mode_failing() {
     let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();