diff --git a/geonode/storage/manager.py b/geonode/storage/manager.py
index 808c3a408bb..fb9ec60100d 100644
--- a/geonode/storage/manager.py
+++ b/geonode/storage/manager.py
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ def copy_files_list(self, files: List[str]):
         out = []
         random_suffix = f'{uuid1().hex[:8]}'
         new_path = mkdtemp()
+
+        if settings.FILE_UPLOAD_DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS is not None:
+            # value is always set by default as None
+            # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#file-upload-directory-permissions
+            os.chmod(new_path, settings.FILE_UPLOAD_DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS)
+        _new_path = None
         for f in files:
             with self.open(f, 'rb+') as open_file:
                 old_file_name, _ = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(f))
@@ -199,7 +205,10 @@ def copy_files_list(self, files: List[str]):
                     new_file = f"{new_path}/{suffixed_name}{ext}"
                 else:
                     new_file = f"{new_path}/{old_file_name}_{random_suffix}{ext}"
-                out.append(self.copy_single_file(open_file, new_file))
+                _new_path = self.copy_single_file(open_file, new_file)
+                out.append(_new_path)
+            if _new_path:
+                os.chmod(_new_path, settings.FILE_UPLOAD_PERMISSIONS)
         return out
 
     def copy_single_file(self, old_file: BinaryIO, new_file: str):
diff --git a/geonode/storage/tests.py b/geonode/storage/tests.py
index 853aaf06f0a..16e1f7bd1be 100644
--- a/geonode/storage/tests.py
+++ b/geonode/storage/tests.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 from geonode.storage.gcs import GoogleStorageManager
 from geonode.storage.dropbox import DropboxStorageManager
 from geonode.base.populate_test_data import create_single_dataset
+from geonode.tests.base import GeoNodeBaseTestSupport
 
 
 class TestDropboxStorageManager(SimpleTestCase):
@@ -281,7 +282,7 @@ def test_aws_size(self, aws):
         aws.assert_called_once_with('name')
 
 
-class TestStorageManager(TestCase):
+class TestStorageManager(GeoNodeBaseTestSupport):
 
     def setUp(self):
         self.sut = StorageManager
@@ -400,6 +401,22 @@ def test_storage_manager_replace_single_file(self, path, strg):
             output = self.sut().replace(dataset, new_file)
         self.assertListEqual([expected], output['files'])
 
+    @override_settings(FILE_UPLOAD_DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS=0o777)
+    @override_settings(FILE_UPLOAD_PERMISSIONS=0o777)
+    def test_storage_manager_copy(self):
+        '''
+        Test that the copy works as expected and the permissions are corerct
+        '''
+        dataset = create_single_dataset(name="test_copy")
+        dataset.files = [os.path.join(f"{self.project_root}", "tests/data/test_sld.sld")]
+        dataset.save()
+        output = self.sut().copy(dataset)
+
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(output.get("files")[0]))
+        self.assertEqual(os.stat(os.path.exists(output.get("files")[0])).st_mode, 8592)
+        os.remove(output.get("files")[0])
+        self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(output.get("files")[0]))
+
 
 class TestDataRetriever(TestCase):
     @classmethod