diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/209_add_mode_for_mount.yml b/changelogs/fragments/209_add_mode_for_mount.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..def2f90649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/209_add_mode_for_mount.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+- mount - add ``umask`` parameter to control permissions of the directories created by the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/163).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/mount.py b/plugins/modules/mount.py
index 5c4970d537..7c12a455cb 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/mount.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/mount.py
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@
         the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly.
     type: bool
     default: no
+  umask:
+    description:
+      - The umask to set before creating new directory(ies) for the mount point.
+        If the mount point already exists, this parameter is not used.
+      - Note that after running this task and the device being successfully mounted,
+        the mode of the original directory will be hidden by the target device.
+    type: raw
+    version_added: '1.3.0'
 notes:
   - As of Ansible 2.3, the I(name) option has been changed to I(path) as
     default, but I(name) still works as well.
@@ -122,6 +130,7 @@
     fstype: iso9660
     opts: ro,noauto
     state: present
+    umask: 0022
 
 - name: Mount up device by label
   ansible.posix.mount:
@@ -665,6 +674,7 @@ def main():
             src=dict(type='path'),
             backup=dict(type='bool', default=False),
             state=dict(type='str', required=True, choices=['absent', 'mounted', 'present', 'unmounted', 'remounted']),
+            umask=dict(type='raw'),
         ),
         supports_check_mode=True,
         required_if=(
@@ -761,6 +771,7 @@ def main():
 
     state = module.params['state']
     name = module.params['path']
+    umask = module.params['umask']
     changed = False
 
     if state == 'absent':
@@ -792,6 +803,15 @@ def main():
     elif state == 'mounted':
         dirs_created = []
         if not os.path.exists(name) and not module.check_mode:
+            old_umask = None
+            if umask is not None:
+                if not isinstance(umask, int):
+                    try:
+                        umask = int(umask, 8)
+                    except ValueError as e:
+                        module.fail_json(msg="umask must be an octal integer: %s" % (to_native(e)))
+                old_umask = os.umask(umask)
+
             try:
                 # Something like mkdir -p but with the possibility to undo.
                 # Based on some copy-paste from the "file" module.
@@ -816,6 +836,9 @@ def main():
             except (OSError, IOError) as e:
                 module.fail_json(
                     msg="Error making dir %s: %s" % (name, to_native(e)))
+            finally:
+                if old_umask is not None:
+                    os.umask(old_umask)
 
         name, backup_lines, changed = _set_mount_save_old(module, args)
         res = 0
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/mount/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/mount/tasks/main.yml
index 44e120b370..324e1335b7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/mount/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/mount/tasks/main.yml
@@ -332,3 +332,79 @@
     - /tmp/myfs.img
     - /tmp/myfs
   when: ansible_system in ('Linux')
+
+- name: Block to test umask option
+  block:
+  - name: Make sure that mount point does not exist
+    file:
+      path: /tmp/mount_dest
+      state: absent
+  - name: Create a directory to bind mount
+    file:
+      state: directory
+      path: /tmp/mount_source
+  - name: Bind mount a filesystem with umask
+    mount:
+      src: /tmp/mount_source
+      path: /tmp/mount_dest
+      state: mounted
+      fstype: None
+      opts: bind
+      umask: 0777
+    when: ansible_system != 'FreeBSD'
+  - name: Bind mount a filesystem with umask(FreeBSD)
+    mount:
+      src: /tmp/mount_source
+      path: /tmp/mount_dest
+      state: mounted
+      fstype: nullfs
+      umask: 0777
+    when: ansible_system == 'FreeBSD'
+  - name: Unmount FS to access underlying directory
+    command: |
+      umount /tmp/mount_dest
+  - name: Stat mount point directory
+    stat:
+      path: /tmp/mount_dest
+    register: mount_point_stat
+  - name: Assert that the mount point has right permission
+    assert:
+      that:
+      - mount_point_stat['stat']['mode'] == '0000'
+  - name: Cleanup directory
+    file:
+      path: /tmp/mount_dest
+      state: absent
+  - name: Bind mount a filesystem with string umask
+    mount:
+      src: /tmp/mount_source
+      path: /tmp/mount_dest
+      state: mounted
+      fstype: None
+      opts: bind
+      umask: "0777"
+    when: ansible_system != 'FreeBSD'
+  - name: Bind mount a filesystem with string umask(FreeBSD)
+    mount:
+      src: /tmp/mount_source
+      path: /tmp/mount_dest
+      state: mounted
+      fstype: nullfs
+      umask: "0777"
+    when: ansible_system == 'FreeBSD'
+  - name: Unmount FS to access underlying directory
+    command: |
+      umount /tmp/mount_dest
+  - name: Stat mount point directory
+    stat:
+      path: /tmp/mount_dest
+    register: mount_point_stat
+  - name: Assert that the mount point has right permission
+    assert:
+      that:
+      - mount_point_stat['stat']['mode'] == '0000'
+  - name: Remove the test FS
+    file:
+      path: /tmp/mount_dest
+      state: absent
+  when: ansible_system not in ('Darwin')