diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 231ea4b5..8e1eb377 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ User visible changes for UPX
 ==================================================================
 
 Changes in 3.01 (XX XXX 2007):
+  * new options --no-mode, --no-owner and --no-time to disable preservation
+    of mode (file permissions), file ownership and timestamps.
   * dos/exe: fixed an incorrect error message caused by a bug in
     relocation handling
   * new format linux/mipsel supports ELF on [32-bit] R3000
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index b3770828..01a3194f 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ void options_t::reset()
 
     o->backup = -1;
     o->overlay = -1;
+    o->preserve_mode = true;
+    o->preserve_ownership = true;
+    o->preserve_timestamp = true;
 
     o->console = CON_FILE;
 #if defined(__DJGPP__)
@@ -646,6 +649,15 @@ static int do_option(int optc, const char *arg)
     case 519:
         opt->no_env = true;
         break;
+    case 526:
+        opt->preserve_mode = false;
+        break;
+    case 527:
+        opt->preserve_ownership = false;
+        break;
+    case 528:
+        opt->preserve_timestamp = false;
+        break;
     // compression settings
     case 520:                               // --small
         if (opt->small < 0)
@@ -900,7 +912,10 @@ static const struct mfx_option longopts[] =
     {"force-compress",      0, 0, 'f'},     //   and compression of suspicious files
     {"info",                0, 0, 'i'},     // info mode
     {"no-env",           0x10, 0, 519},     // no environment var
+    {"no-mode",          0x10, 0, 526},     // do not preserve mode (permissions)
+    {"no-owner",         0x10, 0, 527},     // do not preserve ownership
     {"no-progress",         0, 0, 516},     // no progress bar
+    {"no-time",          0x10, 0, 528},     // do not preserve timestamp
     {"output",           0x21, 0, 'o'},
     {"quiet",               0, 0, 'q'},     // quiet mode
     {"silent",              0, 0, 'q'},     // quiet mode
diff --git a/src/options.h b/src/options.h
index 94cd9e80..efcd79f4 100644
--- a/src/options.h
+++ b/src/options.h
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ struct options_t {
     bool no_env;
     bool no_progress;
     const char *output_name;
+    bool preserve_mode;
+    bool preserve_ownership;
+    bool preserve_timestamp;
     int small;
     int verbose;
     bool to_stdout;
diff --git a/src/work.cpp b/src/work.cpp
index d7281650..1dc2ed9d 100644
--- a/src/work.cpp
+++ b/src/work.cpp
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ void do_one_file(const char *iname, char *oname)
             // cannot rely on open() because of umask
             //int omode = st.st_mode | 0600;
             int omode = 0600;
+            if (!opt->preserve_mode)
+                omode = 0666;
             fo.sopen(tname,flags,shmode,omode);
             // open succeeded - now set oname[]
             strcpy(oname,tname);
@@ -209,21 +211,30 @@ void do_one_file(const char *iname, char *oname)
         UNUSED(name);
 #if defined(USE_UTIME)
         // copy time stamp
-        struct utimbuf u;
-        u.actime = st.st_atime;
-        u.modtime = st.st_mtime;
-        r = utime(name, &u);
-        UNUSED(r);
+        if (opt->preserve_timestamp)
+        {
+            struct utimbuf u;
+            u.actime = st.st_atime;
+            u.modtime = st.st_mtime;
+            r = utime(name, &u);
+            UNUSED(r);
+        }
 #endif
 #if defined(HAVE_CHMOD)
         // copy permissions
-        r = chmod(name, st.st_mode);
-        UNUSED(r);
+        if (opt->preserve_mode)
+        {
+            r = chmod(name, st.st_mode);
+            UNUSED(r);
+        }
 #endif
 #if defined(HAVE_CHOWN)
         // copy the ownership
-        r = chown(name, st.st_uid, st.st_gid);
-        UNUSED(r);
+        if (opt->preserve_ownership)
+        {
+            r = chown(name, st.st_uid, st.st_gid);
+            UNUSED(r);
+        }
 #endif
     }