diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index 578507c6e..a74d2b0e1 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ char *iconv_opt =
 #endif
 
 struct chmod_mode_struct *chmod_modes = NULL;
+struct chmod_mode_struct *dest_chmod_modes = NULL;
 
 static const char *debug_verbosity[] = {
 	/*0*/ NULL,
@@ -584,7 +585,7 @@ enum {OPT_SERVER = 1000, OPT_DAEMON, OPT_SENDER, OPT_EXCLUDE, OPT_EXCLUDE_FROM,
       OPT_NO_D, OPT_APPEND, OPT_NO_ICONV, OPT_INFO, OPT_DEBUG, OPT_BLOCK_SIZE,
       OPT_USERMAP, OPT_GROUPMAP, OPT_CHOWN, OPT_BWLIMIT, OPT_STDERR,
       OPT_OLD_COMPRESS, OPT_NEW_COMPRESS, OPT_NO_COMPRESS, OPT_OLD_ARGS,
-      OPT_STOP_AFTER, OPT_STOP_AT,
+      OPT_STOP_AFTER, OPT_STOP_AT, OPT_CHMOD_DEST,
       OPT_REFUSED_BASE = 9000};
 
 static struct poptOption long_options[] = {
@@ -687,6 +688,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[] = {
   {"i-d",              0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &implied_dirs, 1, 0, 0 },
   {"no-i-d",           0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &implied_dirs, 0, 0, 0 },
   {"chmod",            0,  POPT_ARG_STRING, 0, OPT_CHMOD, 0, 0 },
+  {"chmod-dest",       0,  POPT_ARG_STRING, 0, OPT_CHMOD_DEST, 0, 0 },
   {"ignore-times",    'I', POPT_ARG_NONE,   &ignore_times, 0, 0, 0 },
   {"size-only",        0,  POPT_ARG_NONE,   &size_only, 0, 0, 0 },
   {"one-file-system", 'x', POPT_ARG_NONE,   0, 'x', 0, 0 },
@@ -1751,6 +1753,16 @@ int parse_arguments(int *argc_p, const char ***argv_p)
 			}
 			break;
 
+		case OPT_CHMOD_DEST:
+			arg = poptGetOptArg(pc);
+			if (!parse_chmod(arg, &dest_chmod_modes)) {
+				snprintf(err_buf, sizeof err_buf,
+					"Invalid argument passed to --chmod-dest (%s)\n",
+					arg);
+				goto cleanup;
+			}
+			break;
+
 		case OPT_INFO:
 			arg = poptGetOptArg(pc);
 			parse_output_words(info_words, info_levels, arg, USER_PRIORITY);
diff --git a/rsync.1.md b/rsync.1.md
index 7e40e3617..1fb75d85e 100644
--- a/rsync.1.md
+++ b/rsync.1.md
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ has its own detailed description later in this manpage.
 --perms, -p              preserve permissions
 --executability, -E      preserve executability
 --chmod=CHMOD            affect file and/or directory permissions
+--chmod-dest=CHMOD       override permissions with --fake-super
 --acls, -A               preserve ACLs (implies --perms)
 --xattrs, -X             preserve extended attributes
 --owner, -o              preserve owner (super-user only)
@@ -1518,6 +1519,20 @@ expand it.
     See the [`--perms`](#opt) and [`--executability`](#opt) options for how the
     resulting permission value can be applied to the files in the transfer.
 
+0.  `--chmod-dest=CHMOD`
+
+    This option tells rsync to apply one or more comma-separated "chmod" modes
+    to the permissions of the destination file on disk. The syntax is identical
+    to the [`--chmod`](#opt) option.
+
+    This option is used with the [`--fake-super`](#opt) option to apply the
+    original source permissions to the fake super attributes, while applying
+    different permissions to the destination file.
+
+    When the destination file is being used as a backup, this allows permissions
+    to be applied to the backup independent of the permissions of the source
+    file being backed up.
+
 0.  `--owner`, `-o`
 
     This option causes rsync to set the owner of the destination file to be the
diff --git a/rsync.c b/rsync.c
index b130aba56..418f56a85 100644
--- a/rsync.c
+++ b/rsync.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ extern int make_backups;
 extern int sanitize_paths;
 extern struct file_list *cur_flist, *first_flist, *dir_flist;
 extern struct chmod_mode_struct *daemon_chmod_modes;
+extern struct chmod_mode_struct *dest_chmod_modes;
 #ifdef ICONV_OPTION
 extern char *iconv_opt;
 #endif
@@ -655,9 +656,12 @@ int set_file_attrs(const char *fname, struct file_struct *file, stat_x *sxp,
 	}
 #endif
 
+	if (dest_chmod_modes)
+		new_mode = tweak_mode(new_mode, dest_chmod_modes);
+
 #ifdef HAVE_CHMOD
 	if (!BITS_EQUAL(sxp->st.st_mode, new_mode, CHMOD_BITS)) {
-		int ret = am_root < 0 ? 0 : do_chmod(fname, new_mode);
+		int ret = am_root < 0 && !dest_chmod_modes ? 0 : do_chmod(fname, new_mode);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			rsyserr(FERROR_XFER, errno,
 				"failed to set permissions on %s",