diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
index 3e69e5791..642bbcb14 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
@@ -1704,6 +1704,11 @@ fn copy_file(
     }
 
     copy_attributes(source, dest, &options.attributes)?;
+    if options.parents && should_preserve_attribute(options) {
+        for (x, y) in aligned_ancestors(source, dest) {
+            copy_attributes(x, y, &options.attributes)?;
+        }
+    }
 
     if let Some(progress_bar) = progress_bar {
         progress_bar.inc(fs::metadata(source)?.len());
@@ -1753,6 +1758,27 @@ fn copy_helper(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn should_preserve_attribute(options: &Options) -> bool {
+    let checks = [
+        &options.attributes.mode,
+        &options.attributes.timestamps,
+        &options.attributes.links,
+        &options.attributes.context,
+        &options.attributes.xattr,
+    ];
+
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    let checks = [
+        checks.as_slice(),
+        [&options.attributes.ownership].as_slice(),
+    ]
+    .concat();
+
+    checks
+        .iter()
+        .any(|attr| matches!(attr, Preserve::Yes { .. }))
+}
+
 // "Copies" a FIFO by creating a new one. This workaround is because Rust's
 // built-in fs::copy does not handle FIFOs (see rust-lang/rust/issues/79390).
 #[cfg(unix)]
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
index 0a6e58049..27c996f1b 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
@@ -1075,6 +1075,46 @@ fn test_cp_parents_dest_not_directory() {
         .stderr_contains("with --parents, the destination must be a directory");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_cp_parents_with_permissions_copy_file() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+
+    let dir = "dir";
+    let file = "p1/p2/file";
+
+    at.mkdir(dir);
+    at.mkdir_all("p1/p2");
+    at.touch(file);
+
+    let p1_mode = 0o0777;
+    let p2_mode = 0o0711;
+    let file_mode = 0o0702;
+
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        at.set_mode("p1", p1_mode);
+        at.set_mode("p1/p2", p2_mode);
+        at.set_mode(file, file_mode);
+    }
+
+    ucmd.arg("-p")
+        .arg("--parents")
+        .arg(file)
+        .arg(dir)
+        .succeeds();
+
+    #[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "freebsd")))]
+    {
+        let p1_metadata = at.metadata("p1");
+        let p2_metadata = at.metadata("p1/p2");
+        let file_metadata = at.metadata(file);
+
+        assert_metadata_eq!(p1_metadata, at.metadata("dir/p1"));
+        assert_metadata_eq!(p2_metadata, at.metadata("dir/p1/p2"));
+        assert_metadata_eq!(file_metadata, at.metadata("dir/p1/p2/file"));
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[cfg(unix)]
 fn test_cp_writable_special_file_permissions() {