diff --git a/Help/release/dev/cpack-rpm-default-user-and-group.rst b/Help/release/dev/cpack-rpm-default-user-and-group.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7667c7f23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/cpack-rpm-default-user-and-group.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+cpack-rpm-default-user-and-group
+--------------------------------
+
+* The "CPackRPM" module learned how to set default values for owning user/group
+  and file/directory permissions of package content.
+  See :variable:`CPACK_RPM_DEFAULT_USER`, :variable:`CPACK_RPM_DEFAULT_GROUP`,
+  :variable:`CPACK_RPM_DEFAULT_FILE_PERMISSIONS`,
+  :variable:`CPACK_RPM_DEFAULT_DIR_PERMISSIONS` and their per component
+  counterparts.
diff --git a/Modules/CPackRPM.cmake b/Modules/CPackRPM.cmake
index 7ffec136d..ae51dc103 100644
--- a/Modules/CPackRPM.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CPackRPM.cmake
@@ -531,6 +531,54 @@
 #  - /usr/share/doc/.*/man/man.*
 #  - /usr/lib/.*/man/man.*
 #
+# .. variable:: CPACK_RPM_DEFAULT_USER
+#               CPACK_RPM_<compName>_DEFAULT_USER
+#
+#  default user ownership of RPM content
+#
+#  * Mandatory : NO
+#  * Default   : root
+#
+#  Value should be user name and not UID.
+#  Note that <compName> must be in upper-case.
+#
+# .. variable:: CPACK_RPM_DEFAULT_GROUP
+#               CPACK_RPM_<compName>_DEFAULT_GROUP
+#
+#  default group ownership of RPM content
+#
+#  * Mandatory : NO
+#  * Default   : root
+#
+#  Value should be group name and not GID.
+#  Note that <compName> must be in upper-case.
+#
+# .. variable:: CPACK_RPM_DEFAULT_FILE_PERMISSIONS
+#               CPACK_RPM_<compName>_DEFAULT_FILE_PERMISSIONS
+#
+#  default permissions used for packaged files
+#
+#  * Mandatory : NO
+#  * Default   : - (system default)
+#
+#  Accepted values are lists with PERMISSIONS. Valid permissions
+#  are OWNER_READ, OWNER_WRITE, OWNER_EXECUTE, GROUP_READ,
+#  GROUP_WRITE, GROUP_EXECUTE, WORLD_READ, WORLD_WRITE and WORLD_EXECUTE.
+#  Note that <compName> must be in upper-case.
+#
+# .. variable:: CPACK_RPM_DEFAULT_DIR_PERMISSIONS
+#               CPACK_RPM_<compName>_DEFAULT_DIR_PERMISSIONS
+#
+#  default permissions used for packaged directories
+#
+#  * Mandatory : NO
+#  * Default   : - (system default)
+#
+#  Accepted values are lists with PERMISSIONS. Valid permissions
+#  are OWNER_READ, OWNER_WRITE, OWNER_EXECUTE, GROUP_READ,
+#  GROUP_WRITE, GROUP_EXECUTE, WORLD_READ, WORLD_WRITE and WORLD_EXECUTE.
+#  Note that <compName> must be in upper-case.
+#
 # Packaging of Symbolic Links
 # ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 #
@@ -581,6 +629,35 @@
 
 # Author: Eric Noulard with the help of Alexander Neundorf.
 
+function(get_unix_permissions_octal_notation PERMISSIONS_VAR RETURN_VAR)
+  set(PERMISSIONS ${${PERMISSIONS_VAR}})
+  list(LENGTH PERMISSIONS PERM_LEN_PRE)
+  list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES PERMISSIONS)
+  list(LENGTH PERMISSIONS PERM_LEN_POST)
+
+  if(NOT ${PERM_LEN_PRE} EQUAL ${PERM_LEN_POST})
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "${PERMISSIONS_VAR} contains duplicate values.")
+  endif()
+
+  foreach(PERMISSION_TYPE "OWNER" "GROUP" "WORLD")
+    set(${PERMISSION_TYPE}_PERMISSIONS 0)
+
+    foreach(PERMISSION ${PERMISSIONS})
+      if("${PERMISSION}" STREQUAL "${PERMISSION_TYPE}_READ")
+        math(EXPR ${PERMISSION_TYPE}_PERMISSIONS "${${PERMISSION_TYPE}_PERMISSIONS} + 4")
+      elseif("${PERMISSION}" STREQUAL "${PERMISSION_TYPE}_WRITE")
+        math(EXPR ${PERMISSION_TYPE}_PERMISSIONS "${${PERMISSION_TYPE}_PERMISSIONS} + 2")
+      elseif("${PERMISSION}" STREQUAL "${PERMISSION_TYPE}_EXECUTE")
+        math(EXPR ${PERMISSION_TYPE}_PERMISSIONS "${${PERMISSION_TYPE}_PERMISSIONS} + 1")
+      elseif(PERMISSION MATCHES "${PERMISSION_TYPE}.*")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "${PERMISSIONS_VAR} contains invalid values.")
+      endif()
+    endforeach()
+  endforeach()
+
+  set(${RETURN_VAR} "${OWNER_PERMISSIONS}${GROUP_PERMISSIONS}${WORLD_PERMISSIONS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
 function(cpack_rpm_prepare_relocation_paths)
   # set appropriate prefix, remove possible trailing slash and convert backslashes to slashes
   if(CPACK_RPM_${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_COMPONENT}_PACKAGE_PREFIX)
@@ -1572,6 +1649,30 @@ function(cpack_rpm_generate_package)
       "${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RELOCATABLE}"
     )
 
+  # set default user and group
+  foreach(_PERM_TYPE "USER" "GROUP")
+    if(CPACK_RPM_${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_COMPONENT_UPPER}_DEFAULT_${_PERM_TYPE})
+      set(TMP_DEFAULT_${_PERM_TYPE} "${CPACK_RPM_${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_COMPONENT_UPPER}_DEFAULT_${_PERM_TYPE}}")
+    elseif(CPACK_RPM_DEFAULT_${_PERM_TYPE})
+      set(TMP_DEFAULT_${_PERM_TYPE} "${CPACK_RPM_DEFAULT_${_PERM_TYPE}}")
+    else()
+      set(TMP_DEFAULT_${_PERM_TYPE} "root")
+    endif()
+  endforeach()
+
+  # set default file and dir permissions
+  foreach(_PERM_TYPE "FILE" "DIR")
+    if(CPACK_RPM_${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_COMPONENT_UPPER}_DEFAULT_${_PERM_TYPE}_PERMISSIONS)
+      get_unix_permissions_octal_notation("CPACK_RPM_${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_COMPONENT_UPPER}_DEFAULT_${_PERM_TYPE}_PERMISSIONS" "TMP_DEFAULT_${_PERM_TYPE}_PERMISSIONS")
+      set(_PERMISSIONS_VAR "CPACK_RPM_${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_COMPONENT_UPPER}_DEFAULT_${_PERM_TYPE}_PERMISSIONS")
+    elseif(CPACK_RPM_DEFAULT_${_PERM_TYPE}_PERMISSIONS)
+      get_unix_permissions_octal_notation("CPACK_RPM_DEFAULT_${_PERM_TYPE}_PERMISSIONS" "TMP_DEFAULT_${_PERM_TYPE}_PERMISSIONS")
+      set(_PERMISSIONS_VAR "CPACK_RPM_DEFAULT_${_PERM_TYPE}_PERMISSIONS")
+    else()
+      set(TMP_DEFAULT_${_PERM_TYPE}_PERMISSIONS "-")
+    endif()
+  endforeach()
+
   # The name of the final spec file to be used by rpmbuild
   set(CPACK_RPM_BINARY_SPECFILE "${CPACK_RPM_ROOTDIR}/SPECS/${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_NAME}.spec")
 
@@ -1671,7 +1772,7 @@ mv \"\@CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY\@/tmpBBroot\" $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 \@CPACK_RPM_SPEC_PREUNINSTALL\@
 
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%defattr(\@TMP_DEFAULT_FILE_PERMISSIONS\@,\@TMP_DEFAULT_USER\@,\@TMP_DEFAULT_GROUP\@,\@TMP_DEFAULT_DIR_PERMISSIONS\@)
 \@CPACK_RPM_INSTALL_FILES\@
 \@CPACK_RPM_ABSOLUTE_INSTALL_FILES\@
 \@CPACK_RPM_USER_INSTALL_FILES\@
diff --git a/Tests/CPackComponentsForAll/MyLibCPackConfig-IgnoreGroup.cmake.in b/Tests/CPackComponentsForAll/MyLibCPackConfig-IgnoreGroup.cmake.in
index 0f2b774c8..0ffe44d3a 100644
--- a/Tests/CPackComponentsForAll/MyLibCPackConfig-IgnoreGroup.cmake.in
+++ b/Tests/CPackComponentsForAll/MyLibCPackConfig-IgnoreGroup.cmake.in
@@ -32,6 +32,20 @@ if(CPACK_GENERATOR MATCHES "RPM")
   # test package do not use CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX
   # as relocation path
   set(CPACK_RPM_NO_LIBRARIES_INSTALL_PREFIX_RELOCATION true)
+
+  # test default permissions
+  set(CPACK_RPM_DEFAULT_USER defusr)
+  set(CPACK_RPM_DEFAULT_GROUP defgrp)
+  set(CPACK_RPM_DEFAULT_FILE_PERMISSIONS
+      OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ WORLD_READ)
+  set(CPACK_RPM_DEFAULT_DIR_PERMISSIONS
+      OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ WORLD_READ)
+  set(CPACK_RPM_LIBRARIES_DEFAULT_USER user)
+  set(CPACK_RPM_APPLICATIONS_DEFAULT_GROUP group)
+  set(CPACK_RPM_LIBRARIES_DEFAULT_FILE_PERMISSIONS
+      OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE)
+  set(CPACK_RPM_APPLICATIONS_DEFAULT_DIR_PERMISSIONS
+      OWNER_READ GROUP_READ WORLD_READ)
 endif()
 
 if(CPACK_GENERATOR MATCHES "DEB")
diff --git a/Tests/CPackComponentsForAll/RunCPackVerifyResult.cmake b/Tests/CPackComponentsForAll/RunCPackVerifyResult.cmake
index 34b9c8251..0c5cca82d 100644
--- a/Tests/CPackComponentsForAll/RunCPackVerifyResult.cmake
+++ b/Tests/CPackComponentsForAll/RunCPackVerifyResult.cmake
@@ -304,6 +304,30 @@ if(CPackGen MATCHES "RPM")
 
         message(FATAL_ERROR "error: '${check_file}' rpm package content does not match expected value - regex '${check_content_list}'; RPM output: '${check_package_content}'; generated spec file: '${spec_file_content}'")
       endif()
+
+      # validate permissions user and group
+      execute_process(COMMAND ${RPM_EXECUTABLE} -pqlv ${check_file}
+          OUTPUT_VARIABLE check_file_content
+          ERROR_QUIET
+          OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+      if(check_file_libraries_match)
+        set(check_file_match_expected_permissions ".*-rwx------.*user.*defgrp.*")
+      elseif(check_file_headers_match)
+        set(check_file_match_expected_permissions ".*-rwxr--r--.*defusr.*defgrp.*")
+      elseif(check_file_applications_match)
+        set(check_file_match_expected_permissions ".*-rwxr--r--.*defusr.*group.*")
+      elseif(check_file_Unspecified_match)
+        set(check_file_match_expected_permissions ".*-rwxr--r--.*defusr.*defgrp.*")
+      else()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "error: unexpected rpm package '${check_file}'")
+      endif()
+
+      string(REGEX MATCH "${check_file_match_expected_permissions}" check_file_match_permissions "${check_file_content}")
+
+      if(NOT check_file_match_permissions)
+          message(FATAL_ERROR "error: '${check_file}' rpm package permissions do not match expected value - regex '${check_file_match_expected_permissions}'")
+      endif()
     endforeach()
 
     #######################