diff --git a/divingbell/templates/bin/_perm.sh.tpl b/divingbell/templates/bin/_perm.sh.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6aac03e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/divingbell/templates/bin/_perm.sh.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+{{/*
+# Copyright 2018 AT&T Intellectual Property.  All other rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+*/}}
+
+set -e
+
+cat <<'EOF' > {{ .Values.conf.chroot_mnt_path | quote }}/tmp/perm_host.sh
+{{ include "divingbell.shcommon" . }}
+
+backup_path='/var/divingbell/perm'
+
+[ ! -d "${backup_path}" ] && mkdir -p "${backup_path}"
+
+write_test "${backup_path}"
+
+add_perm(){
+# accepts $path, $owner, $group, $permissions
+  local path="${1}"
+
+  for i in ${path}; do
+    add_single_perm $i ${2} ${3} ${4}
+  done
+}
+
+add_single_perm(){
+# accepts $path, $owner, $group, $permissions
+  local path="${1}"
+  local owner="${2}"
+  local group="${3}"
+  local permissions="${4}"
+
+  # check if file exists
+  [ -e $path ] || return 1
+  # if set -e is set the entire script will exit
+
+  # construct backup name
+  local file_name=$(systemd-escape $path)
+  local backup_file="${backup_path}/${file_name}"
+  # check if backup exists
+  if [ ! -e ${backup_file} ]; then
+      # Try reading the current permissions and owner
+      local o_owner="$(stat -c %U ${path})"
+      local o_group="$(stat -c %G ${path})"
+      local o_permissions="$(stat -c %a ${path})"
+
+      # write restore script/data
+      # design decision:
+      # we could write complete script to restore originals
+      # but for security reasons write only data
+      # otherwise we would execute _any_ script from backup dir
+
+      # chmod o_permissions path
+      echo "$o_permissions $path"> ${backup_file}
+      # chown o_owner:o_group path
+      echo "$o_owner:$o_group $path">> ${backup_file}
+
+      log.DEBUG ${backup_file}
+  fi
+
+  # apply permissions
+  chmod ${permissions} ${path}
+  # apply owner and group
+  chown ${owner}:${group} ${path}
+
+  # notice applied perm
+  applied_perm="${applied_perm}${file_name}"$'\n'
+  # ("${file_name}"$'\n')
+
+}
+
+{{- range $perm := .Values.conf.perm }}
+add_perm {{ $perm.path | squote }} {{ $perm.owner | squote }} {{ $perm.group | squote }} {{ $perm.permissions | squote }}
+{{- end }}
+
+log.INFO "Applied: ${applied_perm}"
+
+# Revert
+prev_files="$(find "${backup_path}" -type f)"
+if [ -n "${prev_files}" ]; then
+  basename -a ${prev_files} | sort > /tmp/prev_perm
+  echo "${applied_perm}" | sort > /tmp/curr_perm
+  log.DEBUG /tmp/prev_perm
+  log.DEBUG /tmp/curr_perm
+  revert_list="$(comm -23 /tmp/prev_perm /tmp/curr_perm)"
+  IFS=$'\n'
+  for o_perm in ${revert_list}; do
+    first=1
+    while IFS=' ' read -r a1 a2; do
+      if [ "$first" -eq 1 ]; then
+        $(chmod $a1 $a2)
+        first=0
+      else
+        $(chown $a1 $a2)
+      fi
+    done < "${backup_path}/${o_perm}"
+
+    rm "${backup_path}/${o_perm}"
+    log.INFO "Reverted permissions and owner: ${backup_path}/${o_perm}"
+  done
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${curr_settings}" ]; then
+  log.INFO 'All permissions successfully applied on this node.'
+else
+  log.WARN 'No permissions overrides defined for this node.'
+fi
+
+exit 0
+EOF
+
+chmod 755 {{ .Values.conf.chroot_mnt_path | quote }}/tmp/perm_host.sh
+chroot {{ .Values.conf.chroot_mnt_path | quote }} /tmp/perm_host.sh
+
+sleep 1
+echo 'INFO Putting the daemon to sleep.'
+
+while [ 1 ]; do
+  sleep 300
+done
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/divingbell/templates/daemonset-perm.yaml b/divingbell/templates/daemonset-perm.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c31c71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/divingbell/templates/daemonset-perm.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+{{/*
+# Copyright 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property.  All other rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+*/}}
+
+{{- define "divingbell.daemonset.perm" }}
+  {{- $daemonset := index . 0 }}
+  {{- $secretName := index . 1 }}
+  {{- $envAll := index . 2 }}
+  {{- with $envAll }}
+---
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: {{ $daemonset }}
+  annotations:
+    {{ tuple $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.release_uuid" }}
+spec:
+{{ tuple $envAll $daemonset | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_upgrades_daemonset" | indent 2 }}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+{{ list $envAll .Chart.Name $daemonset | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_metadata_labels" | indent 8 }}
+    spec:
+      hostNetwork: true
+      hostPID: true
+      hostIPC: true
+      containers:
+      - name: {{ $daemonset }}
+        image: {{ .Values.images.divingbell }}
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.images.pull_policy }}
+{{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.perm | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 8 }}
+        command:
+        - /tmp/{{ $daemonset }}.sh
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: rootfs-{{ $daemonset }}
+          mountPath: {{ .Values.conf.chroot_mnt_path }}
+        - name: {{ $secretName }}
+          mountPath: /tmp/{{ $daemonset }}.sh
+          subPath: {{ $daemonset }}
+          readOnly: true
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+      volumes:
+      - name: rootfs-{{ $daemonset }}
+        hostPath:
+          path: /
+      - name: {{ $secretName }}
+        secret:
+          secretName: {{ $secretName }}
+          defaultMode: 0555
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- if .Values.manifests.daemonset_perm }}
+{{- $daemonset := "perm" }}
+{{- $secretName := "divingbell-perm" }}
+{{- $daemonset_yaml := list $daemonset $secretName . | include "divingbell.daemonset.perm" | toString | fromYaml }}
+{{- $secret_include := "divingbell.secret.perm" }}
+{{- list $daemonset $daemonset_yaml $secret_include $secretName . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.daemonset_overrides" }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/divingbell/templates/secret-perm.yaml b/divingbell/templates/secret-perm.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1edbfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/divingbell/templates/secret-perm.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{{/*
+Copyright 2018 The Openstack-Helm Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/}}
+
+{{- define "divingbell.secret.perm" }}
+{{- $secretName := index . 0 }}
+{{- $envAll := index . 1 }}
+{{- with $envAll }}
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: {{ $secretName }}
+data:
+  perm: {{ tuple "bin/_perm.sh.tpl" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.template" | b64enc }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/divingbell/values.yaml b/divingbell/values.yaml
index eab75d4..d8351f5 100644
--- a/divingbell/values.yaml
+++ b/divingbell/values.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,47 @@ conf:
     - telnetd-ssl
     - nis
     - ntpdate
+#  perm:
+#    -
+#      path: '/boot/System.map-*'
+#      owner: 'root'
+#      group: 'root'
+#      permissions: '0640'
+#    -
+#      path: '/etc/shadow'
+#      owner: 'root'
+#      group: 'shadow'
+#      permissions: '0640'
+#    -
+#      path: '/etc/gshadow'
+#      owner: 'root'
+#      group: 'shadow'
+#      permissions: '0640'
+#    -
+#      path: '/etc/passwd'
+#      owner: 'root'
+#      group: 'root'
+#      permissions: '0644'
+#    -
+#      path: '/etc/group'
+#      owner: 'root'
+#      group: 'root'
+#      permissions: '0644'
+#    -
+#      path: '/var/log/kern.log'
+#      owner: 'syslog'
+#      group: 'adm'
+#      permissions: '0640'
+#    -
+#      path: '/var/log/auth.log'
+#      owner: 'syslog'
+#      group: 'adm'
+#      permissions: '0640'
+#    -
+#      path: '/var/log/syslog'
+#      owner: 'syslog'
+#      group: 'adm'
+#      permissions: '0640'
 
 ##  data.values.conf.sysctl
 #  sysctl:
@@ -76,6 +117,10 @@ pod:
           enabled: true
           min_ready_seconds: 0
           max_unavailable: 100%
+        perm:
+          enabled: true
+          min_ready_seconds: 0
+          max_unavailable: 100%
   resources:
     enabled: false
     ethtool:
@@ -113,6 +158,13 @@ pod:
       requests:
         memory: "128Mi"
         cpu: "100m"
+    perm:
+      limits:
+        memory: "128Mi"
+        cpu: "100m"
+      requests:
+        memory: "128Mi"
+        cpu: "100m"
     apt:
       limits:
         memory: "128Mi"
@@ -128,3 +180,4 @@ manifests:
   daemonset_sysctl: true
   daemonset_limits: true
   daemonset_apt: true
+  daemonset_perm: true
diff --git a/tools/gate/scripts/020-test-divingbell.sh b/tools/gate/scripts/020-test-divingbell.sh
index b4cf74d..d766108 100755
--- a/tools/gate/scripts/020-test-divingbell.sh
+++ b/tools/gate/scripts/020-test-divingbell.sh
@@ -353,6 +353,88 @@ test_limits(){
   echo "[SUCCESS] test range loop for limits passed successfully" >> "${TEST_RESULTS}"
 }
 
+_test_perm_value(){
+  local file=${1}
+  local owner=${2}
+  local group=${3}
+  local perm=${4}
+  local r_owner="$(stat -c %U ${file})"
+  local r_group="$(stat -c %G ${file})"
+  local r_perm="$(stat -c %a ${file})"
+  [ "${perm}"=="${r_perm}" ] && echo "+" || (echo "File ${file} permissions ${r_perm} but expected ${perm}"; exit 1)
+  [ "${owner}"=="${r_owner}" ] && echo "+" || (echo "File ${file} owner ${r_owner} but expected ${owner}"; exit 1)
+  [ "${group}"=="${r_group}" ] && echo "+" || (echo "File ${file} group ${r_group} but expected ${group}"; exit 1)
+}
+
+_perm_init_one(){
+  local file=${1}
+  local user=${file##*.}
+  useradd ${user} -U
+  chmod 777 ${file}
+  chown ${user}:${user} ${file}
+  echo ${file}
+}
+
+_make_p_temp(){
+  echo $(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/${0##*/}.XXXXXX")
+}
+
+_perm_init(){
+  # global vars!
+  p_test_file1=$(_perm_init_one $(_make_p_temp))
+  p_test_file2=$(_perm_init_one $(_make_p_temp))
+}
+
+_perm_teardown_one(){
+  local file=${1}
+  local user=${file##*.}
+  deluser ${user} -q
+  rm -f ${file}
+}
+
+_perm_teardown(){
+  # global vars!
+  _perm_teardown_one ${p_test_file1}
+  unset p_test_file1
+  _perm_teardown_one ${p_test_file2}
+  unset p_test_file2
+}
+
+test_perm(){
+  _perm_init
+  local overrides_yaml=${LOGS_SUBDIR}/${FUNCNAME}.yaml
+  echo "conf:
+  perm:
+    -
+      path: ${p_test_file1}
+      owner: 'root'
+      group: 'shadow'
+      permissions: '0640'
+    -
+      path: ${p_test_file2}
+      owner: 'root'
+      group: 'shadow'
+      permissions: '0640'" > "${overrides_yaml}"
+  install_base "--values=${overrides_yaml}"
+  get_container_status perm
+  _test_perm_value ${p_test_file1} root shadow 640
+  _test_perm_value ${p_test_file2} root shadow 640
+  echo "[SUCCESS] Positive test for perm passed successfully" >> "${TEST_RESULTS}"
+  echo "conf:
+  perm:
+    -
+      path: ${p_test_file1}
+      owner: 'root'
+      group: 'shadow'
+      permissions: '0640'" > "${overrides_yaml}"
+  install_base "--values=${overrides_yaml}"
+  get_container_status perm
+  _test_perm_value ${p_test_file1} root shadow 640
+  _test_perm_value ${p_test_file2} ${p_test_file2##*.} ${p_test_file2##*.} 777
+  echo "[SUCCESS] Backup test for perm passed successfully" >> "${TEST_RESULTS}"
+  _perm_teardown
+}
+
 _test_if_mounted_positive(){
   mountpoint "${1}" || (echo "Expect ${1} to be mounted, but was not"; exit 1)
   df -h | grep "${1}" | grep "${2}" ||
@@ -971,9 +1053,9 @@ test_overrides(){
 
   # Compare against expected number of generated daemonsets
   daemonset_count="$(echo "${tc_output}" | grep 'kind: DaemonSet' | wc -l)"
-  if [ "${daemonset_count}" != "14" ]; then
+  if [ "${daemonset_count}" != "15" ]; then
     echo '[FAILURE] overrides test 1 failed' >> "${TEST_RESULTS}"
-    echo "Expected 14 daemonsets; got '${daemonset_count}'" >> "${TEST_RESULTS}"
+    echo "Expected 15 daemonsets; got '${daemonset_count}'" >> "${TEST_RESULTS}"
     exit 1
   else
     echo '[SUCCESS] overrides test 1 passed successfully' >> "${TEST_RESULTS}"
@@ -1153,6 +1235,7 @@ if [[ -z $SKIP_BASE_TESTS ]]; then
   install_base
   test_sysctl
   test_limits
+  test_perm
   test_mounts
   test_ethtool
   test_uamlite