diff --git a/core/init.c b/core/init.c
index 972092aa..f5c82acb 100644
--- a/core/init.c
+++ b/core/init.c
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ void uwsgi_init_default() {
 
 	uwsgi.empty = "";
 
+#ifdef __linux__
+	uwsgi.cgroup_dir_mode = "0700";
+#endif
+
 	uwsgi.wait_read_hook = uwsgi_simple_wait_read_hook;
 	uwsgi.wait_write_hook = uwsgi_simple_wait_write_hook;
 
diff --git a/core/utils.c b/core/utils.c
index 9cdc5cb2..a48377f5 100644
--- a/core/utils.c
+++ b/core/utils.c
@@ -206,14 +206,20 @@ void uwsgi_set_cgroup() {
 	usl = uwsgi.cgroup;
 
 	while (usl) {
-		if (mkdir(usl->value, 0700)) {
-			uwsgi_log("using Linux cgroup %s\n", usl->value);
+		int mode = strtol(uwsgi.cgroup_dir_mode, 0, 8);
+		if (mkdir(usl->value, mode)) {
 			if (errno != EEXIST) {
 				uwsgi_error("mkdir()");
+				exit(1);
 			}
+			if (chmod(usl->value, mode)) {
+				uwsgi_error("chmod()");
+				exit(1);
+			}
+			uwsgi_log("using Linux cgroup %s with mode %o\n", usl->value, mode);
 		}
 		else {
-			uwsgi_log("created Linux cgroup %s\n", usl->value);
+			uwsgi_log("created Linux cgroup %s with mode %o\n", usl->value, mode);
 		}
 
 		cgroup_taskfile = uwsgi_concat2(usl->value, "/tasks");
diff --git a/core/uwsgi.c b/core/uwsgi.c
index 9ccc8680..907460bd 100644
--- a/core/uwsgi.c
+++ b/core/uwsgi.c
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ static struct uwsgi_option uwsgi_base_options[] = {
 #ifdef __linux__
 	{"cgroup", required_argument, 0, "put the processes in the specified cgroup", uwsgi_opt_add_string_list, &uwsgi.cgroup, 0},
 	{"cgroup-opt", required_argument, 0, "set value in specified cgroup option", uwsgi_opt_add_string_list, &uwsgi.cgroup_opt, 0},
+	{"cgroup-dir-mode", required_argument, 0, "set permission for cgroup directory (default is 700)", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &uwsgi.cgroup_dir_mode, 0},
 	{"namespace", required_argument, 0, "run in a new namespace under the specified rootfs", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &uwsgi.ns, 0},
 	{"namespace-keep-mount", required_argument, 0, "keep the specified mountpoint in your namespace", uwsgi_opt_add_string_list, &uwsgi.ns_keep_mount, 0},
 	{"ns", required_argument, 0, "run in a new namespace under the specified rootfs", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &uwsgi.ns, 0},
diff --git a/uwsgi.h b/uwsgi.h
index 2c485618..c3f34786 100644
--- a/uwsgi.h
+++ b/uwsgi.h
@@ -2106,6 +2106,7 @@ struct uwsgi_server {
 #ifdef __linux__
 	struct uwsgi_string_list *cgroup;
 	struct uwsgi_string_list *cgroup_opt;
+	char *cgroup_dir_mode;
 	char *ns;
 	char *ns_net;
 	struct uwsgi_string_list *ns_keep_mount;