diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 82938eea88..4a7396a7a9 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Anssi Kääriäinen <akaariai@gmail.com>
     ant9000@netwise.it
     Anthony Briggs <anthony.briggs@gmail.com>
+    Anton Samarchyan <desecho@gmail.com>
     Antoni Aloy
     Antonio Cavedoni <http://cavedoni.com/>
     Antonis Christofides <anthony@itia.ntua.gr>
diff --git a/django/utils/archive.py b/django/utils/archive.py
index f8c1a0f83b..57e87658a6 100644
--- a/django/utils/archive.py
+++ b/django/utils/archive.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 """
 import os
 import shutil
+import stat
 import tarfile
 import zipfile
 
@@ -98,6 +99,16 @@ class BaseArchive(object):
     """
     Base Archive class.  Implementations should inherit this class.
     """
+    @staticmethod
+    def _copy_permissions(mode, filename):
+        """
+        If the file in the archive has some permissions (this assumes a file
+        won't be writable/executable without being readable), apply those
+        permissions to the unarchived file.
+        """
+        if mode & stat.S_IROTH:
+            os.chmod(filename, mode)
+
     def split_leading_dir(self, path):
         path = str(path)
         path = path.lstrip('/').lstrip('\\')
@@ -164,7 +175,7 @@ class TarArchive(BaseArchive):
                         os.makedirs(dirname)
                     with open(filename, 'wb') as outfile:
                         shutil.copyfileobj(extracted, outfile)
-                        os.chmod(filename, member.mode)
+                        self._copy_permissions(member.mode, filename)
                 finally:
                     if extracted:
                         extracted.close()
@@ -200,9 +211,9 @@ class ZipArchive(BaseArchive):
             else:
                 with open(filename, 'wb') as outfile:
                     outfile.write(data)
-                # convert ZipInfo.external_attr to mode
+                # Convert ZipInfo.external_attr to mode
                 mode = info.external_attr >> 16
-                os.chmod(filename, mode)
+                self._copy_permissions(mode, filename)
 
     def close(self):
         self._archive.close()
diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/archives/foobar.tar b/tests/utils_tests/archives/foobar.tar
index 44886fb33b..7e619b41d6 100644
Binary files a/tests/utils_tests/archives/foobar.tar and b/tests/utils_tests/archives/foobar.tar differ
diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/archives/foobar.tar.bz2 b/tests/utils_tests/archives/foobar.tar.bz2
index 5a3d8a402e..e4e6c6ab68 100644
Binary files a/tests/utils_tests/archives/foobar.tar.bz2 and b/tests/utils_tests/archives/foobar.tar.bz2 differ
diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/archives/foobar.tar.gz b/tests/utils_tests/archives/foobar.tar.gz
index 8582a87139..a5f06b1308 100644
Binary files a/tests/utils_tests/archives/foobar.tar.gz and b/tests/utils_tests/archives/foobar.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/archives/foobar.zip b/tests/utils_tests/archives/foobar.zip
index b02bb3e95a..9956385ee2 100644
Binary files a/tests/utils_tests/archives/foobar.zip and b/tests/utils_tests/archives/foobar.zip differ
diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/test_archive.py b/tests/utils_tests/test_archive.py
index 42f445ce9c..b207a1290a 100644
--- a/tests/utils_tests/test_archive.py
+++ b/tests/utils_tests/test_archive.py
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ class ArchiveTester(object):
         filepath = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, 'executable')
         # The file has executable permission.
         self.assertTrue(os.stat(filepath).st_mode & stat.S_IXOTH)
+        filepath = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, 'no_permissions')
+        # The file is readable even though it doesn't have permission data in
+        # the archive.
+        self.assertTrue(os.stat(filepath).st_mode & stat.S_IROTH)
 
     def test_extract_function_with_leadpath(self):
         extract(self.archive_lead_path, self.tmpdir)