diff --git a/library/std/src/os/windows/fs.rs b/library/std/src/os/windows/fs.rs
index 7fd46b31f7d83..54d5cafe15ec6 100644
--- a/library/std/src/os/windows/fs.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/os/windows/fs.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 #![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 
-use crate::fs::{self, Metadata, OpenOptions};
+use crate::fs::{self, Metadata, OpenOptions, Permissions};
 use crate::io::BorrowedCursor;
 use crate::path::Path;
 use crate::sealed::Sealed;
-use crate::sys::{AsInner, AsInnerMut, IntoInner};
+use crate::sys::{AsInner, AsInnerMut, FromInner, IntoInner};
 use crate::time::SystemTime;
 use crate::{io, sys};
 
@@ -368,6 +368,68 @@ impl OpenOptionsExt2 for OpenOptions {
     }
 }
 
+/// Windows-specific extensions to [`fs::Permissions`]. This extension trait
+/// provides extra utilities to shows what Windows file attributes are enabled
+/// in [`Permissions`] and to manually set file attributes on [`Permissions`].
+///
+/// See Microsoft's [`File Attribute Constants`] page to know what file
+/// attribute metadata are defined and stored on Windows files.
+///
+/// [`Permissions`]: fs::Permissions
+/// [`File Attribute Constants`]:
+///     https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/file-attribute-constants
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```no_run
+/// #![feature(windows_permissions_ext)]
+/// use std::fs::Permissions;
+/// use std::os::windows::fs::PermissionsExt;
+///
+/// const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM: u32 = 0x4;
+/// const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE: u32 = 0x20;
+/// let my_file_attr = FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE;
+/// let mut permissions = Permissions::from_file_attributes(my_file_attr);
+/// assert_eq!(permissions.file_attributes(), my_file_attr);
+///
+/// const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN: u32 = 0x2;
+/// let new_file_attr = permissions.file_attributes() | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN;
+/// permissions.set_file_attributes(new_file_attr);
+/// assert_eq!(permissions.file_attributes(), new_file_attr);
+/// ```
+#[unstable(feature = "windows_permissions_ext", issue = "152956")]
+pub trait PermissionsExt: Sealed {
+    /// Returns the file attribute bits.
+    #[unstable(feature = "windows_permissions_ext", issue = "152956")]
+    fn file_attributes(&self) -> u32;
+
+    /// Sets the file attribute bits.
+    #[unstable(feature = "windows_permissions_ext", issue = "152956")]
+    fn set_file_attributes(&mut self, mask: u32);
+
+    /// Creates a new instance from the given file attribute bits.
+    #[unstable(feature = "windows_permissions_ext", issue = "152956")]
+    fn from_file_attributes(mask: u32) -> Self;
+}
+
+#[unstable(feature = "windows_permissions_ext", issue = "152956")]
+impl Sealed for fs::Permissions {}
+
+#[unstable(feature = "windows_permissions_ext", issue = "152956")]
+impl PermissionsExt for fs::Permissions {
+    fn file_attributes(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.as_inner().file_attributes()
+    }
+
+    fn set_file_attributes(&mut self, mask: u32) {
+        *self = Permissions::from_inner(FromInner::from_inner(mask));
+    }
+
+    fn from_file_attributes(mask: u32) -> Self {
+        Permissions::from_inner(FromInner::from_inner(mask))
+    }
+}
+
 /// Windows-specific extensions to [`fs::Metadata`].
 ///
 /// The data members that this trait exposes correspond to the members
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/fs/windows.rs b/library/std/src/sys/fs/windows.rs
index 74854cdeb498d..e0b02670264d9 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/fs/windows.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/fs/windows.rs
@@ -1167,6 +1167,16 @@ impl FilePermissions {
             self.attrs &= !c::FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY;
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn file_attributes(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.attrs as u32
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromInner<u32> for FilePermissions {
+    fn from_inner(attrs: u32) -> FilePermissions {
+        FilePermissions { attrs }
+    }
 }
 
 impl FileTimes {