diff --git a/llvm/lib/Support/raw_ostream.cpp b/llvm/lib/Support/raw_ostream.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Support/raw_ostream.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Support/raw_ostream.cpp
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@
     return Write(Out);
   }
 
-  unsigned Mode = sys::fs::all_read | sys::fs::all_write | sys::fs::all_exe;
+  unsigned Mode = sys::fs::all_read | sys::fs::all_write;
   Expected<sys::fs::TempFile> Temp =
       sys::fs::TempFile::create(OutputFileName + ".temp-stream-%%%%%%", Mode);
   if (!Temp)
diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-dwarfutil/ELF/X86/file-permissions.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-dwarfutil/ELF/X86/file-permissions.test
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-dwarfutil/ELF/X86/file-permissions.test
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# RUN: yaml2obj %p/Inputs/common.yaml -o %t.o
+# RUN: chmod a+x %t.o
+
+# Verify that the output file preserves the executable bit from the input file.
+# RUN: llvm-dwarfutil --no-garbage-collection %t.o %t1
+# RUN: test -x %t1
+
+# RUN: llvm-dwarfutil --garbage-collection --separate-debug-file %t.o %t2
+# RUN: test -x %t2.debug