diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/deb/DebCopyAction.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/deb/DebCopyAction.groovy
index 4ddc7794..ebde8f33 100755
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/deb/DebCopyAction.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/deb/DebCopyAction.groovy
@@ -120,8 +120,15 @@ class DebCopyAction extends AbstractPackagingCopyAction<Deb> {
         Integer uid = (Integer) lookup(specToLookAt, 'uid') ?: task.uid ?: 0
         String group = lookup(specToLookAt, 'permissionGroup') ?: task.permissionGroup
         Integer gid = (Integer) lookup(specToLookAt, 'gid') ?: task.gid ?: 0
+        Boolean setuid = lookup(specToLookAt, 'setuid')
 
         int fileMode = FilePermissionUtil.getUnixPermission(fileDetails)
+        if (setuid == null) {
+            setuid = task.setuid
+        }
+        if (setuid) {
+            fileMode = fileMode | 04000
+        }
 
         debFileVisitorStrategy.addFile(fileDetails, inputFile, user, uid, group, gid, fileMode)
     }
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/packaging/CopySpecEnhancement.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/packaging/CopySpecEnhancement.groovy
index bc55d182..29b9b97b 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/packaging/CopySpecEnhancement.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/packaging/CopySpecEnhancement.groovy
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ class CopySpecEnhancement {
         setgid(spec, setgid)
     }
 
+    static void setuid(CopySpec spec, boolean setuid) {
+        appendFieldToCopySpec(spec, 'setuid', setuid)
+    }
+
+    static void setSetuid(CopySpec spec, boolean setuid) {
+        setuid(spec, setuid)
+    }
+
     static void permissionGroup(CopySpec spec, String permissionGroup) {
         appendFieldToCopySpec(spec, 'permissionGroup', permissionGroup)
     }
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/packaging/SystemPackagingExtension.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/packaging/SystemPackagingExtension.groovy
index 2432edc6..a5743d2a 100755
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/packaging/SystemPackagingExtension.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/packaging/SystemPackagingExtension.groovy
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class SystemPackagingExtension {
     String user
     String permissionGroup // Group is used by Gradle on tasks.
     boolean setgid
+    boolean setuid
 
     /**
      * In Debian, this is the Section and has to be provided. Valid values are: admin, cli-mono, comm, database, debug,
@@ -188,6 +189,12 @@ class SystemPackagingExtension {
         return setgid
     }
 
+    @Input
+    @Optional
+    Boolean getSetuid() {
+        return setuid
+    }
+
     @Input
     @Optional
     String getPackageGroup() {
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/packaging/SystemPackagingTask.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/packaging/SystemPackagingTask.groovy
index 03c2f9bb..2aec203f 100755
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/packaging/SystemPackagingTask.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/packaging/SystemPackagingTask.groovy
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ abstract class SystemPackagingTask extends OsPackageAbstractArchiveTask {
             mapping.map('uploaders', { parentExten?.getUploaders() ?: getPackager() })
             mapping.map('permissionGroup', { parentExten?.getPermissionGroup() ?: '' })
             mapping.map('setgid', { parentExten?.getSetgid() ?: false })
+            mapping.map('setuid', { parentExten?.getSetuid() ?: false })
             mapping.map('packageGroup', { parentExten?.getPackageGroup() })
             mapping.map('buildHost', { parentExten?.getBuildHost() ?: HOST_NAME })
             mapping.map('summary', { parentExten?.getSummary() ?: getPackageName() })
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/rpm/RpmCopyAction.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/rpm/RpmCopyAction.groovy
index bf9e0610..9b65ced5 100755
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/rpm/RpmCopyAction.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/rpm/RpmCopyAction.groovy
@@ -161,6 +161,13 @@ class RpmCopyAction extends AbstractPackagingCopyAction<Rpm> {
         String group = lookup(specToLookAt, 'permissionGroup') ?: task.permissionGroup
 
         int fileMode =  FilePermissionUtil.getFileMode(specToLookAt) ?: FilePermissionUtil.getUnixPermission(fileDetails)
+        Boolean setuid = lookup(specToLookAt, 'setuid')
+        if (setuid == null) {
+            setuid = task.setuid
+        }
+        if (setuid) {
+            fileMode = fileMode | 04000
+        }
         def specAddParentsDir = lookup(specToLookAt, 'addParentDirs')
         boolean addParentsDir = specAddParentsDir != null ? specAddParentsDir : task.addParentDirs
 
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/rpm/RpmPluginIntegrationTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/rpm/RpmPluginIntegrationTest.groovy
index 1e0ceb8f..c477367c 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/rpm/RpmPluginIntegrationTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/gradle/plugins/rpm/RpmPluginIntegrationTest.groovy
@@ -530,4 +530,92 @@ buildRpm {
         true        | 1444
         false       | 0644
     }
+
+    def 'setuid can be set in rpm and deb'() {
+        given:
+        File bananaFile = new File(projectDir, 'test/banana')
+        FileUtils.forceMkdirParent(bananaFile)
+        bananaFile.text = 'banana'
+        buildFile << """
+plugins {
+    id 'com.netflix.nebula.ospackage'
+}
+
+version = '1.0.0'
+
+ospackage {
+    addParentDirs false
+}
+
+buildRpm {
+    packageName = 'sample'
+    
+    from(${GradleUtils.quotedIfPresent(bananaFile.getParentFile().path)}) {
+        setuid = ${setuidValue}
+        filePermissions {
+            unix(0755)
+        }
+        into '/usr/share/myproduct/etc/'     
+    }
+}
+"""
+        when:
+        runTasks('buildRpm')
+
+        then:
+        def scanFiles = Scanner.scan(file('build/distributions/sample-1.0.0.noarch.rpm')).files
+
+        ['./usr/share/myproduct/etc/banana'] == scanFiles*.name
+        [FILE] == scanFiles*.type
+        [expectedPermissions] == scanFiles*.permissions
+
+        where:
+        setuidValue | expectedPermissions
+        true        | 04755
+        false       | 00755
+    }
+
+    def 'setgid in ospackage extension propagates to rpm and deb'() {
+        given:
+        File bananaFile = new File(projectDir, 'test/banana')
+        FileUtils.forceMkdirParent(bananaFile)
+        bananaFile.text = 'banana'
+        buildFile << """
+plugins {
+    id 'com.netflix.nebula.ospackage'
+}
+
+version = '1.0.0'
+
+ospackage {
+    addParentDirs false
+    setuid = ${setuidValue}
+}
+
+buildRpm {
+    packageName = 'sample'
+    
+    from(${GradleUtils.quotedIfPresent(bananaFile.getParentFile().path)}) {
+        filePermissions {
+            unix(0755)
+        }
+        into '/usr/share/myproduct/etc/'     
+    }
+}
+"""
+        when:
+        runTasks('buildRpm', '--warning-mode', 'all', '--stacktrace')
+
+        then:
+        def scanFiles = Scanner.scan(file('build/distributions/sample-1.0.0.noarch.rpm')).files
+
+        ['./usr/share/myproduct/etc/banana'] == scanFiles*.name
+        [FILE] == scanFiles*.type
+        [expectedPermissions] == scanFiles*.permissions
+
+        where:
+        setuidValue | expectedPermissions
+        true        | 04755
+        false       | 00755
+    }
 }
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