--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
+
+use strict ;
+use Test::More ;
+use File::Slurp ;
+
+plan tests => 2 ;
+
+my $file = "perms.$$" ;
+
+my $text = <<END ;
+This is a bit of contents
+to store in a file.
+END
+
+umask 027 ;
+
+write_file( $file, $text ) ;
+is( getmode( $file ), 0640, 'default perms works' ) ;
+unlink $file ;
+
+write_file( $file, { perms => 0777 }, $text ) ;
+is( getmode( $file ), 0750, 'set perms works' ) ;
+unlink $file ;
+
+exit ;
+
+sub getmode {
+ return 07777 & (stat $_[0])[2] ;
+}