diff --git a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
index a77e49a76438267..9b8b15e9636f0a6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
@@ -866,6 +866,9 @@ Instances have the following methods and attributes:
 
    Size of the uncompressed file.
 
+.. attribute:: ZipInfo.mode
+
+  The mode of the file (permissions)
 
 .. _zipfile-commandline:
 .. program:: zipfile
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
index a51764b92973630..3ad3a2f0b378be6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
@@ -2162,6 +2162,21 @@ def test_create_empty_zipinfo_default_attributes(self):
         self.assertEqual(zi.file_size, 0)
         self.assertEqual(zi.compress_size, 0)
 
+    def test_zipinfo_mode(self):
+        zinfo = zipfile.ZipInfo()
+        self.assertEqual(zinfo.mode, 0)
+
+        zinfo.mode = 0o777
+        self.assertEqual(zinfo.mode, 0o777)
+
+        zinfo.mode = 0o700
+        self.assertEqual(zinfo.mode, 0o700)
+
+        # Setting the file mode should not overwrite the file type
+        zinfo.mode = 0xFFFF
+        self.assertLessEqual(zinfo.mode, 0o777)
+        self.assertEqual(zinfo.external_attr >> 16 >> 9, 0)
+
     def test_zipfile_with_short_extra_field(self):
         """If an extra field in the header is less than 4 bytes, skip it."""
         zipdata = (
diff --git a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
index fe629ed1cf2fc5c..f0f8ee4638a2f16 100644
--- a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
@@ -592,6 +592,14 @@ def from_file(cls, filename, arcname=None, *, strict_timestamps=True):
 
         return zinfo
 
+    @property
+    def mode(self):
+        return (self.external_attr >> 16) & 0o777
+
+    @mode.setter
+    def mode(self, value):
+        self.external_attr = self.external_attr & ~(0o777 << 16) | ((value & 0o777) << 16)
+
     def is_dir(self):
         """Return True if this archive member is a directory."""
         return self.filename.endswith('/')
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-04-02-14-47-18.bpo-47200.viCa8l.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-04-02-14-47-18.bpo-47200.viCa8l.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..59183af8f4f4e2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-04-02-14-47-18.bpo-47200.viCa8l.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Adds the :attr:`ZipInfo.mode` attribute to get and set the mode of a file