diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 25a15221..0efe4020 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ details, see the commit logs at http://github.com/scikit-build/scikit-build
 Next Release
 ============
 
+Scikit-build 0.5.1
+==================
+
+Bug fixes
+---------
+
+* Ensure file copied in "develop" mode have "mode bits" maintained.
+
+
 Scikit-build 0.5.0
 ==================
 
diff --git a/skbuild/setuptools_wrap.py b/skbuild/setuptools_wrap.py
index 519295e4..9f2963fa 100644
--- a/skbuild/setuptools_wrap.py
+++ b/skbuild/setuptools_wrap.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from distutils.errors import (DistutilsArgError,
                               DistutilsError,
                               DistutilsGetoptError)
-from shutil import copyfile
+from shutil import copyfile, copymode
 
 # XXX If 'six' becomes a dependency, use 'six.StringIO' instead.
 try:
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ def _copy_file(src_file, dest_file, hide_listing=True):
     if not hide_listing:
         print("copying {} -> {}".format(src_file, dest_file))
     copyfile(src_file, dest_file)
+    copymode(src_file, dest_file)
 
 
 def _consolidate(