diff --git a/src/libs/utils/savefile.cpp b/src/libs/utils/savefile.cpp
index bd6278a587e..55ba2925fb5 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/savefile.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/savefile.cpp
@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@
 #  include <windows.h>
 #else
 #  include <unistd.h>
+#  include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif
 
 namespace Utils {
 
+QFile::Permissions SaveFile::m_umask = 0;
+
 SaveFile::SaveFile(const QString &filename) :
     m_finalFileName(filename), m_finalized(true), m_backup(false)
 {
@@ -65,8 +68,19 @@ bool SaveFile::open(OpenMode flags)
         return false;
 
     m_finalized = false; // needs clean up in the end
-    if (ofi.exists())
+    if (ofi.exists()) {
         setPermissions(ofi.permissions()); // Ignore errors
+    } else {
+        Permissions permAll = QFile::ReadOwner
+                | QFile::ReadGroup
+                | QFile::ReadOther
+                | QFile::WriteOwner
+                | QFile::WriteGroup
+                | QFile::WriteOther;
+
+        // set permissions with respect to the current umask
+        setPermissions(permAll & ~m_umask);
+    }
 
     return true;
 }
@@ -114,4 +128,27 @@ bool SaveFile::commit()
     return true;
 }
 
+void SaveFile::initializeUmask()
+{
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    m_umask = QFile::WriteGroup | QFile::WriteOther;
+#else
+    // Get the current process' file creation mask (umask)
+    // umask() is not thread safe so this has to be done by single threaded
+    // application initialization
+    mode_t mask = umask(0); // get current umask
+    umask(mask); // set it back
+
+    m_umask = ((mask & S_IRUSR) ? QFile::ReadOwner  : QFlags<QFile::Permission>(0))
+            | ((mask & S_IWUSR) ? QFile::WriteOwner : QFlags<QFile::Permission>(0))
+            | ((mask & S_IXUSR) ? QFile::ExeOwner   : QFlags<QFile::Permission>(0))
+            | ((mask & S_IRGRP) ? QFile::ReadGroup  : QFlags<QFile::Permission>(0))
+            | ((mask & S_IWGRP) ? QFile::WriteGroup : QFlags<QFile::Permission>(0))
+            | ((mask & S_IXGRP) ? QFile::ExeGroup   : QFlags<QFile::Permission>(0))
+            | ((mask & S_IROTH) ? QFile::ReadOther  : QFlags<QFile::Permission>(0))
+            | ((mask & S_IWOTH) ? QFile::WriteOther : QFlags<QFile::Permission>(0))
+            | ((mask & S_IXOTH) ? QFile::ExeOther   : QFlags<QFile::Permission>(0));
+#endif
+}
+
 } // namespace Utils
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/savefile.h b/src/libs/utils/savefile.h
index 6ba00b27685..19b17839384 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/savefile.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/savefile.h
@@ -49,10 +49,13 @@ public:
 
     void setBackup(bool backup) { m_backup = backup; }
 
+    static void initializeUmask();
+
 private:
     const QString m_finalFileName;
     bool m_finalized;
     bool m_backup;
+    static QFile::Permissions m_umask;
 };
 
 } // namespace Utils
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.cpp
index 049b61d0cbc..265d63cc327 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "infobar.h"
 
 #include <extensionsystem/pluginmanager.h>
+#include <utils/savefile.h>
 
 #include <QtPlugin>
 #include <QDebug>
@@ -95,6 +96,10 @@ bool CorePlugin::initialize(const QStringList &arguments, QString *errorMessage)
         m_designMode = new DesignMode;
         InfoBar::initializeGloballySuppressed();
     }
+
+    // Make sure we respect the process's umask when creating new files
+    Utils::SaveFile::initializeUmask();
+
     return success;
 }