diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/builder.md b/docs/sources/reference/builder.md
index c3ba939550..cd7f4eff81 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/builder.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/builder.md
@@ -235,7 +235,9 @@ being built (also called the *context* of the build) or a remote file URL.
 `<dest>` is the absolute path to which the source will be copied inside the
 destination container.
 
-All new files and directories are created with mode 0755, uid and gid 0.
+All new files and directories are created with a uid and gid of 0.
+
+In the case where `<src>` is a remote file URL, the destination will have permissions 600.
 
 > **Note**:
 > If you build using STDIN (`docker build - < somefile`), there is no
diff --git a/integration-cli/build_tests/TestAdd/EtcToRoot/Dockerfile b/integration-cli/build_tests/TestAdd/EtcToRoot/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58c75b00f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-cli/build_tests/TestAdd/EtcToRoot/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+FROM scratch
+ADD . /
diff --git a/integration-cli/build_tests/TestAdd/SingleFileToRoot/Dockerfile b/integration-cli/build_tests/TestAdd/SingleFileToRoot/Dockerfile
index e96201d858..561dbe9c55 100644
--- a/integration-cli/build_tests/TestAdd/SingleFileToRoot/Dockerfile
+++ b/integration-cli/build_tests/TestAdd/SingleFileToRoot/Dockerfile
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ RUN touch /exists
 RUN chown dockerio.dockerio /exists
 ADD test_file /
 RUN [ $(ls -l /test_file | awk '{print $3":"$4}') = 'root:root' ]
-RUN [ $(ls -l /test_file | awk '{print $1}') = '-rwxr-xr-x' ]
+RUN [ $(ls -l /test_file | awk '{print $1}') = '-rw-r--r--' ]
 RUN [ $(ls -l /exists | awk '{print $3":"$4}') = 'dockerio:dockerio' ]
diff --git a/integration-cli/build_tests/TestAdd/WholeDirToRoot/Dockerfile b/integration-cli/build_tests/TestAdd/WholeDirToRoot/Dockerfile
index 2f10979487..03e9ac0b1c 100644
--- a/integration-cli/build_tests/TestAdd/WholeDirToRoot/Dockerfile
+++ b/integration-cli/build_tests/TestAdd/WholeDirToRoot/Dockerfile
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ ADD test_dir /test_dir
 RUN [ $(ls -l / | grep test_dir | awk '{print $3":"$4}') = 'root:root' ]
 RUN [ $(ls -l / | grep test_dir | awk '{print $1}') = 'drwxr-xr-x' ]
 RUN [ $(ls -l /test_dir/test_file | awk '{print $3":"$4}') = 'root:root' ]
-RUN [ $(ls -l /test_dir/test_file | awk '{print $1}') = '-rwxr-xr-x' ]
+RUN [ $(ls -l /test_dir/test_file | awk '{print $1}') = '-rw-r--r--' ]
 RUN [ $(ls -l /exists | awk '{print $3":"$4}') = 'dockerio:dockerio' ]
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_build_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_build_test.go
index 041b10d8bc..455264d9f8 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_build_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_build_test.go
@@ -152,6 +152,21 @@ func TestAddWholeDirToRoot(t *testing.T) {
 	logDone("build - add whole directory to root")
 }
 
+func TestAddEtcToRoot(t *testing.T) {
+	buildDirectory := filepath.Join(workingDirectory, "build_tests", "TestAdd")
+	buildCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "build", "-t", "testaddimg", "EtcToRoot")
+	buildCmd.Dir = buildDirectory
+	out, exitCode, err := runCommandWithOutput(buildCmd)
+	errorOut(err, t, fmt.Sprintf("build failed to complete: %v %v", out, err))
+
+	if err != nil || exitCode != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("failed to build the image")
+	}
+
+	deleteImages("testaddimg")
+	logDone("build - add etc directory to root")
+}
+
 // Issue #5270 - ensure we throw a better error than "unexpected EOF"
 // when we can't access files in the context.
 func TestBuildWithInaccessibleFilesInContext(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/server/buildfile.go b/server/buildfile.go
index b37053ac16..f71f945748 100644
--- a/server/buildfile.go
+++ b/server/buildfile.go
@@ -438,9 +438,6 @@ func (b *buildFile) addContext(container *daemon.Container, orig, dest string, r
 			if err := os.Lchown(path, uid, gid); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 				return err
 			}
-			if err := os.Chmod(path, 0755); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				return err
-			}
 			return nil
 		})
 	}