diff --git a/src/backend/ignore.rs b/src/backend/ignore.rs
index 4e73148..21c633c 100644
--- a/src/backend/ignore.rs
+++ b/src/backend/ignore.rs
@@ -271,3 +271,38 @@ fn map_mode_to_go(mode: u32) -> u32 {
 
     go_mode
 }
+
+/// map gloangs mode definition (https://pkg.go.dev/io/fs#ModeType) to t_mode from POSIX (inode(7))
+/// This is the inverse function to map_mode_to_go()
+pub fn map_mode_from_go(go_mode: u32) -> u32 {
+    let mut mode = go_mode & MODE_PERM;
+
+    if go_mode & GO_MODE_SOCKET > 0 {
+        mode |= S_IFSOCK
+    } else if go_mode & GO_MODE_SYMLINK > 0 {
+        mode |= S_IFLNK
+    } else if go_mode & GO_MODE_DEVICE > 0 && go_mode & GO_MODE_CHARDEV == 0 {
+        mode |= S_IFBLK;
+    } else if go_mode & GO_MODE_DIR > 0 {
+        mode |= S_IFDIR;
+    } else if go_mode & (GO_MODE_CHARDEV | GO_MODE_DEVICE) > 0 {
+        mode |= S_IFCHR;
+    } else if go_mode & GO_MODE_FIFO > 0 {
+        mode |= S_IFIFO;
+    } else if go_mode & GO_MODE_IRREG > 0 {
+    } else {
+        mode |= S_IFREG;
+    }
+
+    if go_mode & GO_MODE_SETUID > 0 {
+        mode |= S_ISUID;
+    }
+    if go_mode & GO_MODE_SETGID > 0 {
+        mode |= S_ISGID;
+    }
+    if go_mode & GO_MODE_STICKY > 0 {
+        mode |= S_ISVTX;
+    }
+
+    mode
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/local.rs b/src/backend/local.rs
index 9035e79..e375d83 100644
--- a/src/backend/local.rs
+++ b/src/backend/local.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use vlog::*;
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
 use super::node::{Metadata, Node, NodeType};
-use super::{FileType, Id, ReadBackend, WriteBackend, ALL_FILE_TYPES};
+use super::{map_mode_from_go, FileType, Id, ReadBackend, WriteBackend, ALL_FILE_TYPES};
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct LocalBackend {
@@ -193,11 +193,8 @@ impl LocalBackend {
 
     // TODO: uid/gid and times
     pub fn set_metadata(&self, item: impl AsRef<Path>, meta: &Metadata) {
-        let mode = *meta.mode();
-        if mode == 0 {
-            return;
-        }
         let filename = self.path.join(item);
+        let mode = map_mode_from_go(*meta.mode());
         std::fs::set_permissions(&filename, fs::Permissions::from_mode(mode))
             .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("error chmod {:?}", filename));
     }