diff --git a/library/std/src/fs.rs b/library/std/src/fs.rs
index 865ea620a283f..f24d51c222a06 100644
--- a/library/std/src/fs.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/fs.rs
@@ -3128,6 +3128,25 @@ pub fn set_permissions<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P, perm: Permissions) -> io::Result
     fs_imp::set_permissions(path.as_ref(), perm.0)
 }
 
+/// Set the permissions of a file, unless it is a symlink.
+///
+/// Note that the non-final path elements are allowed to be symlinks.
+///
+/// # Platform-specific behavior
+///
+/// Currently unimplmented on windows.
+///
+/// On unix platforms, this results in a [`FilesystemLoop`] error if the last element is a symlink.
+///
+/// This behavior may change in the future.
+///
+/// [`FilesystemLoop`]: crate::io::ErrorKind::FilesystemLoop
+#[doc(alias = "chmod", alias = "SetFileAttributes")]
+#[unstable(feature = "set_permissions_nofollow", issue = "141607")]
+pub fn set_permissions_nofollow<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P, perm: Permissions) -> io::Result<()> {
+    fs_imp::set_permissions_nofollow(path.as_ref(), perm)
+}
+
 impl DirBuilder {
     /// Creates a new set of options with default mode/security settings for all
     /// platforms and also non-recursive.
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/fs/mod.rs b/library/std/src/sys/fs/mod.rs
index d55e28074fe8c..81dbfc31f7f6f 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/fs/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/fs/mod.rs
@@ -108,6 +108,19 @@ pub fn set_permissions(path: &Path, perm: FilePermissions) -> io::Result<()> {
     with_native_path(path, &|path| imp::set_perm(path, perm.clone()))
 }
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub fn set_permissions_nofollow(path: &Path, perm: crate::fs::Permissions) -> io::Result<()> {
+    use crate::fs::OpenOptions;
+    use crate::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
+
+    OpenOptions::new().custom_flags(libc::O_NOFOLLOW).open(path)?.set_permissions(perm)
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(unix))]
+pub fn set_permissions_nofollow(_path: &Path, _perm: crate::fs::Permissions) -> io::Result<()> {
+    crate::unimplemented!("set_permissions_nofollow is not implmented on non-unix platforms")
+}
+
 pub fn canonicalize(path: &Path) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
     with_native_path(path, &imp::canonicalize)
 }