diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c
index 0f2f5dabe3..6e1060a952 100644
--- a/apply.c
+++ b/apply.c
@@ -995,6 +995,7 @@ static int parse_mode_line(const char *line, int linenr, unsigned int *mode)
 	*mode = strtoul(line, &end, 8);
 	if (end == line || !isspace(*end))
 		return error(_("invalid mode on line %d: %s"), linenr, line);
+	*mode = canon_mode(*mode);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t4129-apply-samemode.sh b/t/t4129-apply-samemode.sh
index 4eb8444029..87ffd2b8e1 100755
--- a/t/t4129-apply-samemode.sh
+++ b/t/t4129-apply-samemode.sh
@@ -130,4 +130,66 @@ test_expect_success 'git apply respects core.fileMode' '
 	test_grep ! "has type 100644, expected 100755" err
 '
 
+test_expect_success POSIXPERM 'patch mode for new file is canonicalized' '
+	cat >patch <<-\EOF &&
+	diff --git a/non-canon b/non-canon
+	new file mode 100660
+	--- /dev/null
+	+++ b/non-canon
+	+content
+	EOF
+	test_when_finished "git reset --hard" &&
+	(
+		umask 0 &&
+		git apply --index patch 2>err
+	) &&
+	test_must_be_empty err &&
+	git ls-files -s -- non-canon >staged &&
+	test_grep "^100644" staged &&
+	ls -l non-canon >worktree &&
+	test_grep "^-rw-rw-rw" worktree
+'
+
+test_expect_success POSIXPERM 'patch mode for deleted file is canonicalized' '
+	test_when_finished "git reset --hard" &&
+	echo content >non-canon &&
+	chmod 666 non-canon &&
+	git add non-canon &&
+
+	cat >patch <<-\EOF &&
+	diff --git a/non-canon b/non-canon
+	deleted file mode 100660
+	--- a/non-canon
+	+++ /dev/null
+	@@ -1 +0,0 @@
+	-content
+	EOF
+	git apply --index patch 2>err &&
+	test_must_be_empty err &&
+	git ls-files -- non-canon >staged &&
+	test_must_be_empty staged &&
+	test_path_is_missing non-canon
+'
+
+test_expect_success POSIXPERM 'patch mode for mode change is canonicalized' '
+	test_when_finished "git reset --hard" &&
+	echo content >non-canon &&
+	git add non-canon &&
+
+	cat >patch <<-\EOF &&
+	diff --git a/non-canon b/non-canon
+	old mode 100660
+	new mode 100770
+	EOF
+	(
+		umask 0 &&
+		git apply --index patch 2>err
+	) &&
+	test_must_be_empty err &&
+	git ls-files -s -- non-canon >staged &&
+	test_grep "^100755" staged &&
+	ls -l non-canon >worktree &&
+	test_grep "^-rwxrwxrwx" worktree
+'
+
 test_done