diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index e329ed5..cdd5669 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -655,14 +655,18 @@ func (c *Client) Join(elem ...string) string { return path.Join(elem...) }
 // is not empty.
 func (c *Client) Remove(path string) error {
 	err := c.removeFile(path)
+	// some servers, *cough* osx *cough*, return EPERM, not ENODIR.
+	// serv-u returns ssh_FX_FILE_IS_A_DIRECTORY
+	// EPERM is converted to os.ErrPermission so it is not a StatusError
 	if err, ok := err.(*StatusError); ok {
 		switch err.Code {
-		// some servers, *cough* osx *cough*, return EPERM, not ENODIR.
-		// serv-u returns ssh_FX_FILE_IS_A_DIRECTORY
-		case sshFxPermissionDenied, sshFxFailure, sshFxFileIsADirectory:
+		case sshFxFailure, sshFxFileIsADirectory:
 			return c.RemoveDirectory(path)
 		}
 	}
+	if os.IsPermission(err) {
+		return c.RemoveDirectory(path)
+	}
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -1363,6 +1367,8 @@ func normaliseError(err error) error {
 			return io.EOF
 		case sshFxNoSuchFile:
 			return os.ErrNotExist
+		case sshFxPermissionDenied:
+			return os.ErrPermission
 		case sshFxOk:
 			return nil
 		default:
diff --git a/client_integration_test.go b/client_integration_test.go
index eda5d32..caf15cb 100644
--- a/client_integration_test.go
+++ b/client_integration_test.go
@@ -453,16 +453,13 @@ func TestClientCreateFailed(t *testing.T) {
 	defer sftp.Close()
 
 	f, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "sftptest-createfailed")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
 	defer f.Close()
 	defer os.Remove(f.Name())
 
 	f2, err := sftp.Create(f.Name())
-	if err1, ok := err.(*StatusError); !ok || err1.Code != sshFxPermissionDenied {
-		t.Fatalf("Create: want: %v, got %#v", sshFxPermissionDenied, err)
-	}
+	require.True(t, os.IsPermission(err))
 	if err == nil {
 		f2.Close()
 	}