diff --git a/Sources/Containerization/UnixSocketRelay.swift b/Sources/Containerization/UnixSocketRelay.swift
index d98289976..006f1d5bd 100644
--- a/Sources/Containerization/UnixSocketRelay.swift
+++ b/Sources/Containerization/UnixSocketRelay.swift
@@ -90,13 +90,7 @@ extension UnixSocketRelay {
 
     private func setupHostVsockDial() async throws {
         let hostConn = configuration.destination
-
-        let socketType = try UnixType(
-            path: hostConn.path,
-            unlinkExisting: true
-        )
-        let hostSocket = try Socket(type: socketType)
-        try hostSocket.listen()
+        let hostSocket = try Self.makeHostListener(configuration)
 
         log?.info(
             "listening on host UDS",
@@ -130,6 +124,26 @@ extension UnixSocketRelay {
         }
     }
 
+    package static func makeHostListener(
+        _ configuration: UnixSocketConfiguration
+    ) throws -> Socket {
+        let socketType = try UnixType(
+            path: configuration.destination.path,
+            perms: configuration.permissions.map {
+                mode_t($0.rawValue)
+            },
+            unlinkExisting: true
+        )
+        let socket = try Socket(type: socketType)
+        do {
+            try socket.listen()
+            return socket
+        } catch {
+            try? socket.close()
+            throw error
+        }
+    }
+
     private func setupHostVsockListener() throws {
         let hostPath = configuration.source
 
diff --git a/Tests/ContainerizationTests/UnixSocketRelayTests.swift b/Tests/ContainerizationTests/UnixSocketRelayTests.swift
index 5ff125ea3..06882defb 100644
--- a/Tests/ContainerizationTests/UnixSocketRelayTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/ContainerizationTests/UnixSocketRelayTests.swift
@@ -31,6 +31,35 @@ import Musl
 #endif
 
 struct UnixSocketRelayTests {
+    @Test
+    func outOfRelayAppliesRequestedHostSocketPermissions() throws {
+        let root = URL(fileURLWithPath: "/tmp").appendingPathComponent(
+            "containerization-relay-\(UUID())",
+            isDirectory: true
+        )
+        try FileManager.default.createDirectory(
+            at: root,
+            withIntermediateDirectories: true
+        )
+        defer { try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: root) }
+        let socketPath = root.appendingPathComponent("service.sock")
+        let configuration = UnixSocketConfiguration(
+            source: URL(fileURLWithPath: "/run/service.sock"),
+            destination: socketPath,
+            permissions: .init(rawValue: 0o600),
+            direction: .outOf
+        )
+
+        let listener = try UnixSocketRelay.makeHostListener(configuration)
+        defer { try? listener.close() }
+        let permissions = try #require(
+            FileManager.default.attributesOfItem(atPath: socketPath.path)[
+                .posixPermissions
+            ] as? NSNumber
+        )
+        #expect(permissions.uint16Value == 0o600)
+    }
+
     private func socketPair() throws -> (connection: FileHandle, peer: FileHandle) {
         var fds: [Int32] = [-1, -1]
         #if canImport(Glibc)