diff --git a/pisi/archive.py b/pisi/archive.py
index 348d0dfa..609d7bf2 100644
--- a/pisi/archive.py
+++ b/pisi/archive.py
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ class ArchiveZip(ArchiveBase):
                     d = os.path.join(target_dir, outpath)
                     if not os.path.isdir(d):
                         os.makedirs(d)
+                        perm = info.external_attr
+                        perm &= 0x08FF0000
+                        perm >>= 16
+                        perm |= 0x00000100
+                        os.chmod(d, perm)
                     continue
 
                 # check that output dir is present