diff --git a/ssh-tunnel-manager.conf.example b/ssh-tunnel-manager.conf.example
index f43c788011566cca6153feb4169380f6b3bf4c61..c4409358e3654d989125ddce14597e57b61a8f75 100644
--- a/ssh-tunnel-manager.conf.example
+++ b/ssh-tunnel-manager.conf.example
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@
 #    ""
 #)
 
+#
+# The SOCKETS_PERMS array is used to configure permissions for forwarded sockets.
+#
+#SOCKETS_PERMS=(
+#    ""
+#    ""
+#)
+
 #
 # The RECONNECT_TIMER is used in case of a tunnel connection to be lost. After 
 # the script is detecting that the connection was lost, the time defines the 
diff --git a/ssh-tunnel-manager.sh b/ssh-tunnel-manager.sh
index 664ca0d7f5e75e64daeb45c3643f7f250c6766c0..7924f6e4e8e4a7b3c8bbb5804cf3cf584afbc5d5 100755
--- a/ssh-tunnel-manager.sh
+++ b/ssh-tunnel-manager.sh
@@ -428,6 +428,10 @@ case $COMMAND in
 				[ "$DBG" -gt "0" ] && echotime "START - *** DBG-CMD: ps aux | grep -v grep | grep \"$0 --config $CONFIG_FILE manage $idx\" | awk '{print \$2}'"
 				echotime "START - Starting tunnel '${TUNNEL_NAMES[$idx]}' (ID $idx) ... PID: $RESULT_PID"
 				echo "Starting tunnel '${TUNNEL_NAMES[$idx]}' ... Done"
+
+				if [ -e "${SOCKETS[$idx]}" ]; then
+					chmod ${SOCKETS_PERMS[$idx]} ${SOCKETS[$idx]}
+				fi
 			fi
 			# sleep before every cycle to aviod overloading
 		done