diff --git a/copier/copier.go b/copier/copier.go
index d9f531acc..94c76b4e7 100644
--- a/copier/copier.go
+++ b/copier/copier.go
@@ -344,6 +344,9 @@ type PutOptions struct {
 	ChmodDirs            *os.FileMode      // set permissions on newly-created directories
 	ChownFiles           *idtools.IDPair   // set ownership of newly-created files
 	ChmodFiles           *os.FileMode      // set permissions on newly-created files
+	StripSetuidBit       bool              // strip the setuid bit off of items being written
+	StripSetgidBit       bool              // strip the setgid bit off of items being written
+	StripStickyBit       bool              // strip the sticky bit off of items being written
 	StripXattrs          bool              // don't bother trying to set extended attributes of items being copied
 	IgnoreXattrErrors    bool              // ignore any errors encountered when attempting to set extended attributes
 	IgnoreDevices        bool              // ignore items which are character or block devices
@@ -1649,6 +1652,15 @@ func copierHandlerPut(bulkReader io.Reader, req request, idMappings *idtools.IDM
 				return err
 			}
 			// figure out what the permissions should be
+			if req.PutOptions.StripSetuidBit && hdr.Mode&cISUID == cISUID {
+				hdr.Mode &^= cISUID
+			}
+			if req.PutOptions.StripSetgidBit && hdr.Mode&cISGID == cISGID {
+				hdr.Mode &^= cISGID
+			}
+			if req.PutOptions.StripStickyBit && hdr.Mode&cISVTX == cISVTX {
+				hdr.Mode &^= cISVTX
+			}
 			if hdr.Typeflag == tar.TypeDir {
 				if req.PutOptions.ChmodDirs != nil {
 					hdr.Mode = int64(*req.PutOptions.ChmodDirs)
diff --git a/copier/copier_test.go b/copier/copier_test.go
index 857369980..f8430d745 100644
--- a/copier/copier_test.go
+++ b/copier/copier_test.go
@@ -579,6 +579,36 @@ func testPut(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 		}
 	}
+
+	for _, stripSetuidBit := range []bool{false, true} {
+		for _, stripSetgidBit := range []bool{false, true} {
+			for _, stripStickyBit := range []bool{false, true} {
+				t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("stripSetuidBit=%v,stripSetgidBit=%v,stripStickyBit=%v", stripSetuidBit, stripSetgidBit, stripStickyBit), func(t *testing.T) {
+					mode := int64(0o700) | cISUID | cISGID | cISVTX
+					archive := makeArchiveSlice([]tar.Header{
+						{Name: "test", Typeflag: tar.TypeReg, Size: 0, Mode: mode, ModTime: testDate},
+					})
+					tmp, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "copier-test-")
+					require.NoErrorf(t, err, "error creating temporary directory")
+					defer os.RemoveAll(tmp)
+					putOptions := PutOptions{
+						UIDMap:         uidMap,
+						GIDMap:         gidMap,
+						StripSetuidBit: stripSetuidBit,
+						StripSetgidBit: stripSetgidBit,
+						StripStickyBit: stripStickyBit,
+					}
+					err = Put(tmp, tmp, putOptions, bytes.NewReader(archive))
+					require.Nilf(t, err, "unexpected error writing sample file", err)
+					st, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(tmp, "test"))
+					require.Nilf(t, err, "unexpected error checking permissions of file", err)
+					assert.Equalf(t, stripSetuidBit, st.Mode()&os.ModeSetuid == 0, "setuid bit was not set/stripped correctly")
+					assert.Equalf(t, stripSetgidBit, st.Mode()&os.ModeSetgid == 0, "setgid bit was not set/stripped correctly")
+					assert.Equalf(t, stripStickyBit, st.Mode()&os.ModeSticky == 0, "sticky bit was not set/stripped correctly")
+				})
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func isExpectedError(err error, inSubdir bool, name string, expectedErrors []expectedError) bool {