diff --git a/Packaging.Targets.Tests/ArchiveBuilderTests.cs b/Packaging.Targets.Tests/ArchiveBuilderTests.cs
index 0556ca2..f6a1795 100644
--- a/Packaging.Targets.Tests/ArchiveBuilderTests.cs
+++ b/Packaging.Targets.Tests/ArchiveBuilderTests.cs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ namespace Packaging.Targets.Tests
             Assert.Equal(string.Empty, script.LinkTo);
 
             // -rwxr-xr-x
-            Assert.Equal(LinuxFileMode.S_IXOTH | LinuxFileMode.S_IROTH | LinuxFileMode.S_IXGRP | LinuxFileMode.S_IRGRP | LinuxFileMode.S_IXUSR | LinuxFileMode.S_IWUSR | LinuxFileMode.S_IRUSR, script.Mode);
+            Assert.Equal(LinuxFileMode.S_IXOTH | LinuxFileMode.S_IROTH | LinuxFileMode.S_IXGRP | LinuxFileMode.S_IRGRP | LinuxFileMode.S_IXUSR | LinuxFileMode.S_IWUSR | LinuxFileMode.S_IRUSR | LinuxFileMode.S_IFREG, script.Mode);
             Assert.Equal("root", script.Owner);
             Assert.False(script.RemoveOnUninstall);
             Assert.Equal(Path.Combine("archive", "script.sh"), script.SourceFilename);
diff --git a/Packaging.Targets/ArchiveBuilder.cs b/Packaging.Targets/ArchiveBuilder.cs
index 9c82370..23b6a0f 100644
--- a/Packaging.Targets/ArchiveBuilder.cs
+++ b/Packaging.Targets/ArchiveBuilder.cs
@@ -359,10 +359,22 @@ namespace Packaging.Targets
 
                 if (overridenFileMode != null)
                 {
-                    // We expect the user to specify the file mode in its octal representation.
+                    // We expect the user to specify the file mode in its octal representation,
+                    // such as 755. We don't expect users to specify the higher bits (e.g.
+                    // S_IFREG).
                     try
                     {
                         mode = (LinuxFileMode)Convert.ToUInt32(overridenFileMode, 8);
+
+                        LinuxFileMode fileType = mode & LinuxFileMode.FileTypeMask;
+
+                        if (fileType != LinuxFileMode.None && fileType != LinuxFileMode.S_IFREG)
+                        {
+                            this.Log.LogWarning($"An invalid file type of '{fileType}' has been set for file '{name}'. The file type will be reset to IFREG.");
+                        }
+
+                        // Override the file type mask and hardcode it to S_IFREG.
+                        mode = (mode & ~LinuxFileMode.FileTypeMask) | LinuxFileMode.S_IFREG;
                     }
                     catch (Exception)
                     {
@@ -375,7 +387,7 @@ namespace Packaging.Targets
                     FileSize = (uint)fileStream.Length,
                     Group = fileMetadata.GetGroup(),
                     Owner = fileMetadata.GetOwner(),
-                    Modified = File.GetLastAccessTimeUtc(entry),
+                    Modified = File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(entry),
                     SourceFilename = entry,
                     TargetPath = name,
                     Sha256 = hash,
diff --git a/Packaging.Targets/IO/LinuxFileMode.cs b/Packaging.Targets/IO/LinuxFileMode.cs
index 1579b8b..3e3144c 100644
--- a/Packaging.Targets/IO/LinuxFileMode.cs
+++ b/Packaging.Targets/IO/LinuxFileMode.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ namespace Packaging.Targets.IO
     [Flags]
     public enum LinuxFileMode : ushort
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// No file mode has been specified.
+        /// </summary>
+        None = 0,
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Set user ID on execution
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/molecule/framework-dependent/framework-dependent-app/framework-dependent-app.csproj b/molecule/framework-dependent/framework-dependent-app/framework-dependent-app.csproj
index 7f45bb1..c1aca1e 100644
--- a/molecule/framework-dependent/framework-dependent-app/framework-dependent-app.csproj
+++ b/molecule/framework-dependent/framework-dependent-app/framework-dependent-app.csproj
@@ -20,5 +20,11 @@
 
     <!-- Hidden files are ignored (and generate a build warning) -->
     <Content Include="../../../.gitignore" CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
+    
+    <!-- Another variation, this time of a file which is outside the project root and
+         does not have the Link metadata set. -->
+    <Content Include="../../../LICENSE" CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest" LinuxFileMode="1755">
+      <LinuxPath>/etc/dotnet-packaging/LICENSE</LinuxPath>
+    </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/molecule/framework-dependent/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py b/molecule/framework-dependent/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
index 11a6806..390befb 100644
--- a/molecule/framework-dependent/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
+++ b/molecule/framework-dependent/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
@@ -26,3 +26,8 @@ def test_hidden_file_is_ignored(host):
 def test_empty_file_is_ignored(host):
     assert \
         not host.file("/usr/share/framework-dependent-app/empty").exists
+
+
+def test_license_is_deployed_with_permissions_and_sticky_bit(host):
+    assert host.file("/etc/dotnet-packaging/LICENSE").exists
+    assert host.file("/etc/dotnet-packaging/LICENSE").mode == 0o1755
diff --git a/molecule/self-contained/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py b/molecule/self-contained/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
index 66ef4d3..c56c698 100644
--- a/molecule/self-contained/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
+++ b/molecule/self-contained/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
@@ -26,3 +26,8 @@ def test_hidden_file_is_ignored(host):
 def test_empty_file_is_ignored(host):
     assert \
         not host.file("/usr/share/self-contained-app/empty").exists
+
+
+def test_license_is_deployed_with_permissions_and_sticky_bit(host):
+    assert host.file("/etc/dotnet-packaging/LICENSE").exists
+    assert host.file("/etc/dotnet-packaging/LICENSE").mode == 0o1755
diff --git a/molecule/self-contained/self-contained-app/self-contained-app.csproj b/molecule/self-contained/self-contained-app/self-contained-app.csproj
index 970fb85..972604a 100644
--- a/molecule/self-contained/self-contained-app/self-contained-app.csproj
+++ b/molecule/self-contained/self-contained-app/self-contained-app.csproj
@@ -21,5 +21,12 @@
 
     <!-- Hidden files are ignored (and generate a build warning) -->
     <Content Include="../../../.gitignore" CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
+    
+    <!-- Another variation, this time of a file which is outside the project root and
+         does not have the Link metadata set.
+         Non-regression test for https://github.com/qmfrederik/dotnet-packaging/issues/60#issuecomment-505895106 -->
+    <Content Include="../../../LICENSE" CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest" LinuxFileMode="1755">
+      <LinuxPath>/etc/dotnet-packaging/LICENSE</LinuxPath>
+    </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>