diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 676a20d..db1a7c1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ??-??-????:
 	enhancement: add rsync options:
+		"chmod",
 		"chown",
 		"copy_dirlinks",
 		"existing",
diff --git a/default-rsync.lua b/default-rsync.lua
index 93f4add..9f65c1f 100644
--- a/default-rsync.lua
+++ b/default-rsync.lua
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ rsync.checkgauge = {
 		bwlimit           =  true,
 		checksum          =  true,
 		chown             =  true,
+		chmod             =  true,
 		compress          =  true,
 		copy_dirlinks     =  true,
 		copy_links        =  true,
@@ -490,6 +491,12 @@ rsync.prepare =
 		computedN = computedN  + 1
 	end
 
+	if crsync.chmod
+	then
+		computed[ computedN ] = '--chmod=' .. crsync.chmod
+		computedN = computedN  + 1
+	end
+
 	if crsync.chown
 	then
 		computed[ computedN ] = '--chown=' .. crsync.chown
diff --git a/default-rsyncssh.lua b/default-rsyncssh.lua
index 290f622..cd01f70 100644
--- a/default-rsyncssh.lua
+++ b/default-rsyncssh.lua
@@ -15,15 +15,18 @@
 --
 --
 
-if not default then
+if not default
+then
 	error( 'default not loaded' );
 end
 
-if not default.rsync then
+if not default.rsync
+then
 	error( 'default.rsync not loaded' );
 end
 
-if default.rsyncssh then
+if default.rsyncssh
+then
 	error( 'default-rsyncssh already loaded' );
 end
 
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ end
 -- rsyncssh extends default.rsync
 --
 local rsyncssh = { default.rsync }
+
 default.rsyncssh = rsyncssh
 
 --