diff --color -ru a/sftp-server.8 b/sftp-server.8
--- a/sftp-server.8	2019-04-18 00:52:57.000000000 +0200
+++ b/sftp-server.8	2022-06-20 16:03:47.892540068 +0200
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 .Op Fl P Ar blacklisted_requests
 .Op Fl p Ar whitelisted_requests
 .Op Fl u Ar umask
+.Op Fl m Ar force_file_perms
 .Ek
 .Nm
 .Fl Q Ar protocol_feature
@@ -138,6 +139,12 @@
 .Xr umask 2
 to be applied to newly-created files and directories, instead of the
 user's default mask.
+.It Fl m Ar force_file_perms
+Sets explicit file permissions to be applied to newly-created files instead
+of the default or client requested mode.  Numeric values include:
+777, 755, 750, 666, 644, 640, etc.  Using both -m and -u switches makes the
+umask (-u) effective only for newly created directories and explicit mode (-m)
+for newly created files.
 .El
 .Pp
 On some systems,
diff --color -ru a/sftp-server.c b/sftp-server.c
--- a/sftp-server.c	2022-06-20 16:01:26.183793633 +0200
+++ b/sftp-server.c	2022-06-20 16:02:12.442690608 +0200
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@
 /* Version of client */
 static u_int version;
 
+/* Force file permissions */
+int permforce = 0;
+long permforcemode;
+
 /* SSH2_FXP_INIT received */
 static int init_done;
 
@@ -683,6 +687,7 @@
 	Attrib a;
 	char *name;
 	int r, handle, fd, flags, mode, status = SSH2_FX_FAILURE;
+	mode_t old_umask = 0;
 
 	if ((r = sshbuf_get_cstring(iqueue, &name, NULL)) != 0 ||
 	    (r = sshbuf_get_u32(iqueue, &pflags)) != 0 || /* portable flags */
@@ -692,6 +697,10 @@
 	debug3("request %u: open flags %d", id, pflags);
 	flags = flags_from_portable(pflags);
 	mode = (a.flags & SSH2_FILEXFER_ATTR_PERMISSIONS) ? a.perm : 0666;
+	if (permforce == 1) {   /* Force perm if -m is set */
+		mode = permforcemode;
+		old_umask = umask(0); /* so umask does not interfere */
+	}	
 	logit("open \"%s\" flags %s mode 0%o",
 	    name, string_from_portable(pflags), mode);
 	if (readonly &&
@@ -713,6 +722,8 @@
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if (permforce == 1)
+		(void) umask(old_umask); /* restore umask to something sane */
 	if (status != SSH2_FX_OK)
 		send_status(id, status);
 	free(name);
@@ -1555,7 +1566,7 @@
 	fprintf(stderr,
 	    "usage: %s [-ehR] [-d start_directory] [-f log_facility] "
 	    "[-l log_level]\n\t[-P blacklisted_requests] "
-	    "[-p whitelisted_requests] [-u umask]\n"
+	    "[-p whitelisted_requests] [-u umask] [-m force_file_perms]\n"
 	    "       %s -Q protocol_feature\n",
 	    __progname, __progname);
 	exit(1);
@@ -1581,7 +1592,7 @@
 	pw = pwcopy(user_pw);
 
 	while (!skipargs && (ch = getopt(argc, argv,
-	    "d:f:l:P:p:Q:u:cehR")) != -1) {
+	    "d:f:l:P:p:Q:u:m:cehR")) != -1) {
 		switch (ch) {
 		case 'Q':
 			if (strcasecmp(optarg, "requests") != 0) {
@@ -1643,6 +1654,15 @@
 				fatal("Invalid umask \"%s\"", optarg);
 			(void)umask((mode_t)mask);
 			break;
+		case 'm':
+			/* Force permissions on file received via sftp */
+			permforce = 1;
+			permforcemode = strtol(optarg, &cp, 8);
+			if (permforcemode < 0 || permforcemode > 0777 ||
+			    *cp != '\0' || (permforcemode == 0 &&
+			    errno != 0))
+				fatal("Invalid file mode \"%s\"", optarg);
+			break;
 		case 'h':
 		default:
 			sftp_server_usage();