diff --git a/source/dub/internal/vibecompat/core/file.d b/source/dub/internal/vibecompat/core/file.d
index 1414329..b452602 100644
--- a/source/dub/internal/vibecompat/core/file.d
+++ b/source/dub/internal/vibecompat/core/file.d
@@ -115,7 +115,22 @@
 		// use on Linux
 		removeFile(to);
 	}
+
 	.copy(from.toNativeString(), to.toNativeString());
+
+	// try to preserve ownership/permissions in Posix
+	version (Posix) {
+		import core.sys.posix.sys.stat;
+		import core.sys.posix.unistd;
+		import std.utf;
+		auto cspath = toUTFz!(const(char)*)(from.toNativeString());
+		auto cdpath = toUTFz!(const(char)*)(to.toNativeString());
+		stat_t st;
+		enforce(stat(cspath, &st) == 0, "Failed to get attributes of source file.");
+		if (chown(cdpath, st.st_uid, st.st_gid) != 0)
+			st.st_mode &= ~(S_ISUID | S_ISGID);
+		chmod(cdpath, st.st_mode);
+	}
 }
 /// ditto
 void copyFile(string from, string to)