diff --git a/lib/RollingFileWriteStream.js b/lib/RollingFileWriteStream.js
index 34e60e4..c672464 100644
--- a/lib/RollingFileWriteStream.js
+++ b/lib/RollingFileWriteStream.js
@@ -177,10 +177,14 @@ class RollingFileWriteStream extends Writable {
         index: i + 1
       });
 
+      const moveAndCompressOptions = {
+        compress: this.options.compress && i === 0,
+        mode: this.options.mode
+      }
       await moveAndMaybeCompressFile(
         sourceFilePath,
         targetFilePath,
-        this.options.compress && i === 0
+        moveAndCompressOptions                
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/moveAndMaybeCompressFile.js b/lib/moveAndMaybeCompressFile.js
index b9b6068..3da4ca3 100644
--- a/lib/moveAndMaybeCompressFile.js
+++ b/lib/moveAndMaybeCompressFile.js
@@ -2,11 +2,24 @@ const debug = require('debug')('streamroller:moveAndMaybeCompressFile');
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const zlib = require('zlib');
 
+const _parseOption = function(rawOptions){
+  const defaultOptions = {
+    mode: parseInt("0644", 8),
+    compress: false,
+  };
+  const options = Object.assign({}, defaultOptions, rawOptions);
+  debug(
+    `_parseOption: moveAndMaybeCompressFile called with option=${JSON.stringify(options)}`
+  );
+  return options;
+}
+
 const moveAndMaybeCompressFile = async (
   sourceFilePath,
   targetFilePath,
-  needCompress
+  options
 ) => {
+  options = _parseOption(options);
   if (sourceFilePath === targetFilePath) {
     debug(
       `moveAndMaybeCompressFile: source and target are the same, not doing anything`
@@ -17,14 +30,14 @@ const moveAndMaybeCompressFile = async (
 
       debug(
         `moveAndMaybeCompressFile: moving file from ${sourceFilePath} to ${targetFilePath} ${
-          needCompress ? "with" : "without"
+          options.compress ? "with" : "without"
         } compress`
       );
-      if (needCompress) {
+      if (options.compress) {
         await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
           fs.createReadStream(sourceFilePath)
             .pipe(zlib.createGzip())
-            .pipe(fs.createWriteStream(targetFilePath))
+            .pipe(fs.createWriteStream(targetFilePath, {mode: options.mode}))
             .on("finish", () => {
               debug(
                 `moveAndMaybeCompressFile: finished compressing ${targetFilePath}, deleting ${sourceFilePath}`
diff --git a/test/moveAndMaybeCompressFile-test.js b/test/moveAndMaybeCompressFile-test.js
index acbe84b..775dc17 100644
--- a/test/moveAndMaybeCompressFile-test.js
+++ b/test/moveAndMaybeCompressFile-test.js
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ describe('moveAndMaybeCompressFile', () => {
     const source = path.join(TEST_DIR, 'test.log');
     const destination = path.join(TEST_DIR, 'moved-test.log.gz');
     await fs.outputFile(source, 'This is the test file.');
-    await moveAndMaybeCompressFile(source, destination, true);
+    const moveAndCompressOptions = {compress: true}
+    await moveAndMaybeCompressFile(source, destination, moveAndCompressOptions);
 
     const zippedContents = await fs.readFile(destination);
     const contents = await new Promise(resolve => {
@@ -101,7 +102,8 @@ describe('moveAndMaybeCompressFile', () => {
     const source = path.join(TEST_DIR, 'test.log');
     const destination = path.join(TEST_DIR, 'moved-test.log.gz');
     await fs.outputFile(source, 'This is the test file.');
-    await moveWithMock(source, destination, true);
+    const options = {compress: true};
+    await moveWithMock(source, destination, options);
 
     const zippedContents = await fs.readFile(destination);
     const contents = await new Promise(resolve => {
@@ -115,4 +117,50 @@ describe('moveAndMaybeCompressFile', () => {
     (await fs.readFile(source, 'utf8')).should.be.empty()
 
   });
+
+  it('should compress the source file at the new destination with 0o775 rights', async () => {
+    const source = path.join(TEST_DIR, 'test.log');
+    const destination = path.join(TEST_DIR, 'moved-test.log.gz');
+    await fs.outputFile(source, 'This is the test file.');
+    const moveAndCompressOptions = {compress: true, mode:0o775}
+    await moveAndMaybeCompressFile(source, destination, moveAndCompressOptions);
+
+    const destinationStats = await fs.stat(destination);
+    const destMode = (destinationStats.mode & 0o775).toString(8);
+    destMode.should.equal('775');
+
+    const zippedContents = await fs.readFile(destination);
+    const contents = await new Promise(resolve => {
+      zlib.gunzip(zippedContents, (e, data) => {
+        resolve(data.toString());
+      });
+    });
+    contents.should.equal('This is the test file.');
+
+    const exists = await fs.pathExists(source);
+    exists.should.be.false();
+  });
+
+  it('should compress the source file at the new destination with 0o400 rights', async () => {
+    const source = path.join(TEST_DIR, 'test.log');
+    const destination = path.join(TEST_DIR, 'moved-test.log.gz');
+    await fs.outputFile(source, 'This is the test file.');
+    const moveAndCompressOptions = {compress: true, mode:0o400}
+    await moveAndMaybeCompressFile(source, destination, moveAndCompressOptions);
+
+    const destinationStats = await fs.stat(destination);
+    const destMode = (destinationStats.mode & 0o400).toString(8);
+    destMode.should.equal('400');
+
+    const zippedContents = await fs.readFile(destination);
+    const contents = await new Promise(resolve => {
+      zlib.gunzip(zippedContents, (e, data) => {
+        resolve(data.toString());
+      });
+    });
+    contents.should.equal('This is the test file.');
+
+    const exists = await fs.pathExists(source);
+    exists.should.be.false();
+  });
 });