diff --git a/src/sbt-test/debian/file-permissions/build.sbt b/src/sbt-test/debian/file-permissions/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d340d8a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sbt-test/debian/file-permissions/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+enablePlugins(DebianPlugin)
+
+name := "debian-test"
+
+version := "0.1.0"
+
+maintainer := "Josh Suereth <joshua.suereth@typesafe.com>"
+
+packageSummary := "Test debian package"
+
+packageDescription := """A fun package description of our software,
+  with multiple lines."""
+
+linuxPackageMappings += packageMapping( 
+  ((resourceDirectory in Compile).value / "sudoers.d", "/etc/sudoers.d")
+) withPerms("0440") asDocs()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/debian/file-permissions/project/plugins.sbt b/src/sbt-test/debian/file-permissions/project/plugins.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b53de154c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sbt-test/debian/file-permissions/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-native-packager" % sys.props("project.version"))
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/debian/file-permissions/src/main/resources/sudoers.d b/src/sbt-test/debian/file-permissions/src/main/resources/sudoers.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8649da39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sbt-test/debian/file-permissions/src/main/resources/sudoers.d
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+root
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/debian/file-permissions/test b/src/sbt-test/debian/file-permissions/test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a0cd1e63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sbt-test/debian/file-permissions/test
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Run the debian packaging.
+> debian:package-bin
+$ exists target/debian-test_0.1.0_all.deb