1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/fs/mod.rs b/library/std/src/sys/fs/mod.rs
index d9740e15789..dbd782f5018 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/fs/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/fs/mod.rs
@@ -114,6 +114,21 @@ pub fn set_permissions(path: &Path, perm: FilePermissions) -> io::Result<()> {
     with_native_path(path, &|path| imp::set_perm(path, perm.clone()))
 }
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub fn set_permissions_nofollow(path: &Path, perm: crate::fs::Permissions) -> io::Result<()> {
+    use crate::fs::OpenOptions;
+    use crate::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
+
+    OpenOptions::new().custom_flags(libc::O_NOFOLLOW).open(path)?.set_permissions(perm)
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(unix))]
+pub fn set_permissions_nofollow(_path: &Path, _perm: crate::fs::Permissions) -> io::Result<()> {
+    crate::unimplemented!(
+        "`set_permissions_nofollow` is currently only implemented on Unix platforms"
+    )
+}
+
 pub fn canonicalize(path: &Path) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
     with_native_path(path, &imp::canonicalize)
 }