diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index d43ef12..8c58b51 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ type Config struct {
 	// repository.
 	Dev bool
 
+	// When nonzero, use this as mode for all files.
+	Mode uint
+	// When nonzero, use this as unix timestamp for all files.
+	ModTime int64
+
 	// Ignores any filenames matching the regex pattern specified, e.g.
 	// path/to/file.ext will ignore only that file, or \\.gitignore
 	// will match any .gitignore file.
diff --git a/go-bindata/main.go b/go-bindata/main.go
index f2e00e9..55d9dc5 100644
--- a/go-bindata/main.go
+++ b/go-bindata/main.go
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ func parseArgs() *bindata.Config {
 	flag.StringVar(&c.Package, "pkg", c.Package, "Package name to use in the generated code.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&c.NoMemCopy, "nomemcopy", c.NoMemCopy, "Use a .rodata hack to get rid of unnecessary memcopies. Refer to the documentation to see what implications this carries.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&c.NoCompress, "nocompress", c.NoCompress, "Assets will *not* be GZIP compressed when this flag is specified.")
+	flag.UintVar(&c.Mode, "mode", c.Mode, "Optional file mode override for all files.")
+	flag.Int64Var(&c.ModTime, "modtime", c.ModTime, "Optional modification unix timestamp override for all files.")
 	flag.StringVar(&c.Output, "o", c.Output, "Optional name of the output file to be generated.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&version, "version", false, "Displays version information.")
 
diff --git a/release.go b/release.go
index dbac762..b58d579 100644
--- a/release.go
+++ b/release.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func writeReleaseAsset(w io.Writer, c *Config, asset *Asset) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return asset_release_common(w, asset)
+	return asset_release_common(w, c, asset)
 }
 
 // sanitize prepares a valid UTF-8 string as a raw string constant.
@@ -359,12 +359,21 @@ func %s_bytes() ([]byte, error) {
 	return err
 }
 
-func asset_release_common(w io.Writer, asset *Asset) error {
+func asset_release_common(w io.Writer, c *Config, asset *Asset) error {
 	fi, err := os.Stat(asset.Path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	mode := uint(fi.Mode())
+	modTime := fi.ModTime().Unix()
+
+	if c.Mode > 0 {
+		mode = uint(os.ModePerm) & c.Mode
+	}
+	if c.ModTime > 0 {
+		modTime = c.ModTime
+	}
 	_, err = fmt.Fprintf(w, `func %s() (*asset, error) {
 	bytes, err := %s_bytes()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -376,6 +385,6 @@ func asset_release_common(w io.Writer, asset *Asset) error {
 	return a, nil
 }
 
-`, asset.Func, asset.Func, asset.Name, fi.Size(), uint32(fi.Mode()), fi.ModTime().Unix())
+`, asset.Func, asset.Func, asset.Name, fi.Size(), mode, modTime)
 	return err
 }