diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
index 0d407371f40a0f..9e8c45900c7b81 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/test_core.py
@@ -1715,6 +1715,25 @@ def test_extract_all_with_target_pathlike(self):
         with temp_dir() as extdir:
             self._test_extract_all_with_target(FakePath(extdir))
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os, 'chmod'), 'requires os.chmod')
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'win32', 'Unix permissions only')
+    def test_extract_preserves_unix_permissions(self):
+        """_extract_member must apply Unix mode stored in external_attr."""
+        info = zipfile.ZipInfo('secret.txt')
+        info.external_attr = (stat.S_IFREG | 0o600) << 16
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN2, 'w') as zf:
+            zf.writestr(info, b'data')
+
+        with temp_dir() as extdir:
+            with zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN2, 'r') as zf:
+                zf.extract('secret.txt', path=extdir)
+
+            extracted = os.path.join(extdir, 'secret.txt')
+            actual = stat.S_IMODE(os.stat(extracted).st_mode)
+            self.assertEqual(actual, 0o600, f'expected 0o600, got 0o{actual:03o}')
+
+        unlink(TESTFN2)
+
     def check_file(self, filename, content):
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(filename))
         with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
diff --git a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
index 86c3bc36b695c7..05dab0dfad6b5b 100644
--- a/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py
@@ -1933,12 +1933,20 @@ def _extract_member(self, member, targetpath, pwd):
                 except FileExistsError:
                     if not os.path.isdir(targetpath):
                         raise
+            unix_mode = member.external_attr >> 16
+            if unix_mode:
+                os.chmod(targetpath, unix_mode)
             return targetpath
 
         with self.open(member, pwd=pwd) as source, \
              open(targetpath, "wb") as target:
             shutil.copyfileobj(source, target)
 
+        # Restore Unix permissions stored in the upper 16 bits of external_attr.
+        unix_mode = member.external_attr >> 16
+        if unix_mode:
+            os.chmod(targetpath, unix_mode)
+
         return targetpath
 
     def _writecheck(self, zinfo):