diff --git a/src/main/java/com/upplication/s3fs/util/S3Utils.java b/src/main/java/com/upplication/s3fs/util/S3Utils.java
index aff084f..d3d10a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/upplication/s3fs/util/S3Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/upplication/s3fs/util/S3Utils.java
@@ -94,18 +94,22 @@ public S3PosixFileAttributes getS3PosixFileAttributes(S3Path s3Path) throws NoSu
         String bucketName = s3Path.getFileStore().name();
 
         S3BasicFileAttributes attrs = toS3FileAttributes(objectSummary, key);
-        S3UserPrincipal userPrincipal = null;
-        Set<PosixFilePermission> permissions = null;
+        AccessControlList acl;
 
-        if (!attrs.isDirectory()) {
-            AmazonS3 client = s3Path.getFileSystem().getClient();
-            AccessControlList acl = client.getObjectAcl(bucketName, key);
-            Owner owner = acl.getOwner();
+        AmazonS3 client = s3Path.getFileSystem().getClient();
 
-            userPrincipal = new S3UserPrincipal(owner.getId() + ":" + owner.getDisplayName());
-            permissions = toPosixFilePermissions(acl.getGrantsAsList());
+        if (!attrs.isDirectory()) {
+            acl = client.getObjectAcl(bucketName, key);
+        } else if (key.equals("")){
+            acl = client.getBucketAcl(bucketName);
+        } else {
+            acl = client.getObjectAcl(bucketName, key + "/");
         }
 
+        Owner owner = acl.getOwner();
+        S3UserPrincipal userPrincipal = new S3UserPrincipal(owner.getId() + ":" + owner.getDisplayName());
+        Set<PosixFilePermission> permissions = toPosixFilePermissions(acl.getGrantsAsList());
+
         return new S3PosixFileAttributes((String)attrs.fileKey(), attrs.lastModifiedTime(),
                 attrs.size(), attrs.isDirectory(), attrs.isRegularFile(), userPrincipal, null, permissions);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/upplication/s3fs/FilesIT.java b/src/test/java/com/upplication/s3fs/FilesIT.java
index 4460a79..bce75e5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/upplication/s3fs/FilesIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/upplication/s3fs/FilesIT.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.ObjectMetadata;
 import com.github.marschall.memoryfilesystem.MemoryFileSystemBuilder;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.upplication.s3fs.util.CopyDirVisitor;
 import com.upplication.s3fs.util.EnvironmentBuilder;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -14,9 +15,10 @@
 import java.nio.channels.SeekableByteChannel;
 import java.nio.file.*;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
-import java.util.EnumSet;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.UUID;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFileAttributeView;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFileAttributes;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission;
+import java.util.*;
 
 import static com.upplication.s3fs.util.S3EndpointConstant.S3_GLOBAL_URI_IT;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
@@ -481,6 +483,22 @@ public void readAttributesDirectory() throws IOException {
         assertEquals(startPath + "lib/angular/", fileAttributes.fileKey());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void readPosixPermissions() throws IOException {
+
+        Path dir = uploadDir();
+
+        Path bucketRoot = fileSystemAmazon.getPath(bucket, "");
+        Path directory = dir.resolve("assets1");
+        Path file = dir.resolve("assets1").resolve("index.html");
+
+        Set expectedPermissions = ImmutableSet.of(PosixFilePermission.OWNER_READ, PosixFilePermission.OWNER_WRITE, PosixFilePermission.OWNER_EXECUTE);
+
+        assertEquals(expectedPermissions, Files.readAttributes(bucketRoot, PosixFileAttributes.class).permissions());
+        assertEquals(expectedPermissions, Files.readAttributes(directory, PosixFileAttributes.class).permissions());
+        assertEquals(expectedPermissions, Files.readAttributes(file, PosixFileAttributes.class).permissions());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void seekableCloseTwice() throws IOException {
         Path file = createEmptyFile();