diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/same-permissions.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/same-permissions.test
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/same-permissions.test
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# REQUIRES: system-linux
+# RUN: llvm-objcopy %p/Inputs/alloc-symtab.o %t
+# RUN: stat --printf=%a %p/Inputs/alloc-symtab.o > %t1
+# RUN: stat --printf=%a %t > %t2
+# RUN: diff %t1 %t2
+
diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/strip-all-and-remove.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/strip-all-and-remove.test
--- a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/strip-all-and-remove.test
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/strip-all-and-remove.test
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # RUN: yaml2obj %s > %t
-# RUN: cp %t %t1
+# RUN: cp -p %t %t1
 
 # RUN: llvm-strip --remove-section=.text.bar %t
 # RUN: llvm-readobj --file-headers --sections --symbols %t | FileCheck %s
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/Buffer.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/Buffer.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/Buffer.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/Buffer.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   }
 
   Expected<std::unique_ptr<FileOutputBuffer>> BufferOrErr =
-      FileOutputBuffer::create(getName(), Size, FileOutputBuffer::F_executable);
+      FileOutputBuffer::create(getName(), Size);
   // FileOutputBuffer::create() returns an Error that is just a wrapper around
   // std::error_code. Wrap it in FileError to include the actual filename.
   if (!BufferOrErr)
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/llvm-objcopy.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/llvm-objcopy.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/llvm-objcopy.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/llvm-objcopy.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
 /// format-agnostic modifications, i.e. preserving dates.
 static Error executeObjcopy(const CopyConfig &Config) {
   sys::fs::file_status Stat;
-  if (Config.PreserveDates)
+  if (Config.InputFilename != "-")
     if (auto EC = sys::fs::status(Config.InputFilename, Stat))
       return createFileError(Config.InputFilename, EC);
 
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@
       if (Error E = restoreDateOnFile(Config.SplitDWO, Stat))
         return E;
   }
+  if (Config.OutputFilename != "-")
+    if (std::error_code E = 
+      sys::fs::setPermissions(Config.OutputFilename, Stat.permissions()))
+      return errorCodeToError(E);
 
   return Error::success();
 }