diff --git a/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/FileWritingMessageHandler.java b/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/FileWritingMessageHandler.java
index 6568e2656db..0a24b651eb2 100644
--- a/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/FileWritingMessageHandler.java
+++ b/spring-integration-file/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/file/FileWritingMessageHandler.java
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ private File handleFileMessage(File sourceFile, File tempFile, File resultFile,
 
 		if (!FileExistsMode.APPEND.equals(this.fileExistsMode) && this.deleteSourceFiles) {
 			rename(sourceFile, resultFile);
+			setPermissions(resultFile);
 			return resultFile;
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/spring-integration-file/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/file/FileWritingMessageHandlerTests.java b/spring-integration-file/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/file/FileWritingMessageHandlerTests.java
index b006fa0336f..a6492c3569a 100644
--- a/spring-integration-file/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/file/FileWritingMessageHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-file/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/file/FileWritingMessageHandlerTests.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.DisabledOnOs;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.OS;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
@@ -301,6 +303,23 @@ public void deleteFilesTrueWithFilePayload() throws Exception {
 		assertThat(sourceFile.exists()).isFalse();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	@DisabledOnOs(OS.WINDOWS)
+	public void deleteFilesWithChmod() throws Exception {
+		QueueChannel output = new QueueChannel();
+		handler.setDeleteSourceFiles(true);
+		handler.setOutputChannel(output);
+		handler.setChmod(0400);
+		Message<?> message = MessageBuilder.withPayload(sourceFile).build();
+		handler.handleMessage(message);
+		Message<?> result = output.receive(0);
+		assertFileContentIsMatching(result);
+		File resultFile = messageToFile(result);
+		Set<PosixFilePermission> posixFilePermissions = Files.getPosixFilePermissions(resultFile.toPath());
+		assertThat(posixFilePermissions).containsOnly(PosixFilePermission.OWNER_READ);
+		assertThat(sourceFile.exists()).isFalse();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void deleteSourceFileWithStringPayloadAndFileInstanceHeader() throws Exception {
 		QueueChannel output = new QueueChannel();