diff --git a/tabby-electron/src/sftpContextMenu.ts b/tabby-electron/src/sftpContextMenu.ts
index 24a42c05..29204748 100644
--- a/tabby-electron/src/sftpContextMenu.ts
+++ b/tabby-electron/src/sftpContextMenu.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ export class EditSFTPContextMenu extends SFTPContextMenuItemProvider {
             if (!upload.length) {
                 return
             }
-            sftp.upload(item.fullPath, upload[0])
+            await sftp.upload(item.fullPath, upload[0])
+            await sftp.chmod(item.fullPath, item.mode)
         })).subscribe()
         watcher.on('close', () => events.complete())
         sftp.closed$.subscribe(() => watcher.close())
diff --git a/tabby-ssh/src/session/sftp.ts b/tabby-ssh/src/session/sftp.ts
index b85a41a5..79d136f0 100644
--- a/tabby-ssh/src/session/sftp.ts
+++ b/tabby-ssh/src/session/sftp.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ export class SFTPSession {
         await promisify((f: any) => this.sftp.unlink(p, f))()
     }
 
+    async chmod (p: string, mode: string|number): Promise<void> {
+        this.logger.debug('chmod', p, mode)
+        await promisify((f: any) => this.sftp.chmod(p, mode, f))()
+    }
+
     async upload (path: string, transfer: FileUpload): Promise<void> {
         this.logger.info('Uploading into', path)
         const tempPath = path + '.tabby-upload'