diff --git a/std/node/_fs/_fs_appendFile.ts b/std/node/_fs/_fs_appendFile.ts
index 193badf1f0..49a4fc29f0 100644
--- a/std/node/_fs/_fs_appendFile.ts
+++ b/std/node/_fs/_fs_appendFile.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { FileOptions, isFileOptions, CallbackWithError } from "./_fs_common.ts";
 import { notImplemented } from "../_utils.ts";
 
 /**
- * TODO: Also accept 'data' parameter as a Node polyfill Buffer type once this
- * is implemented. See https://github.com/denoland/deno/issues/3403
+ * TODO: Also accept 'data' parameter as a Node polyfill Buffer or URL type once these
+ * are implemented. See https://github.com/denoland/deno/issues/3403
  */
 export function appendFile(
   pathOrRid: string | number,
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ function closeRidIfNecessary(isPathString: boolean, rid: number): void {
 }
 
 /**
- * TODO: Also accept 'data' parameter as a Node polyfill Buffer type once this
- * is implemented. See https://github.com/denoland/deno/issues/3403
+ * TODO: Also accept 'data' parameter as a Node polyfill Buffer or URL type once these
+ * are implemented. See https://github.com/denoland/deno/issues/3403
  */
 export function appendFileSync(
   pathOrRid: string | number,
diff --git a/std/node/_fs/_fs_chmod.ts b/std/node/_fs/_fs_chmod.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cecb878eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/std/node/_fs/_fs_chmod.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+
+import { CallbackWithError } from "./_fs_common.ts";
+
+const allowedModes = /^[0-7]{3}/;
+
+/**
+ * TODO: Also accept 'path' parameter as a Node polyfill Buffer or URL type once these
+ * are implemented. See https://github.com/denoland/deno/issues/3403
+ */
+export function chmod(
+  path: string,
+  mode: string | number,
+  callback: CallbackWithError
+): void {
+  new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
+    try {
+      await Deno.chmod(path, getResolvedMode(mode));
+      resolve();
+    } catch (err) {
+      reject(err);
+    }
+  })
+    .then(() => {
+      callback();
+    })
+    .catch(err => {
+      callback(err);
+    });
+}
+
+/**
+ * TODO: Also accept 'path' parameter as a Node polyfill Buffer or URL type once these
+ * are implemented. See https://github.com/denoland/deno/issues/3403
+ */
+export function chmodSync(path: string, mode: string | number): void {
+  Deno.chmodSync(path, getResolvedMode(mode));
+}
+
+function getResolvedMode(mode: string | number): number {
+  if (typeof mode === "number") {
+    return mode;
+  }
+
+  if (typeof mode === "string") {
+    if (!allowedModes.test(mode)) {
+      throw new Error("Unrecognized mode: " + mode);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return parseInt(mode, 8);
+}
diff --git a/std/node/_fs/_fs_chmod_test.ts b/std/node/_fs/_fs_chmod_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9be6669f29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/std/node/_fs/_fs_chmod_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+const { test } = Deno;
+import { fail, assert } from "../../testing/asserts.ts";
+import { chmod, chmodSync } from "./_fs_chmod.ts";
+
+if (Deno.build.os !== "win") {
+  test({
+    name: "ASYNC: Permissions are changed (non-Windows)",
+    async fn() {
+      const tempFile: string = await Deno.makeTempFile();
+      const originalFileMode: number | null = (await Deno.lstat(tempFile)).mode;
+      await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        chmod(tempFile, 0o777, err => {
+          if (err) reject(err);
+          else resolve();
+        });
+      })
+        .then(() => {
+          const newFileMode: number | null = Deno.lstatSync(tempFile).mode;
+          assert(newFileMode && originalFileMode);
+          assert(newFileMode === 33279 && newFileMode > originalFileMode);
+        })
+        .catch(() => {
+          fail();
+        })
+        .finally(() => {
+          Deno.removeSync(tempFile);
+        });
+    }
+  });
+
+  test({
+    name: "SYNC: Permissions are changed (non-Windows)",
+    fn() {
+      const tempFile: string = Deno.makeTempFileSync();
+      const originalFileMode: number | null = Deno.lstatSync(tempFile).mode;
+      chmodSync(tempFile, "777");
+
+      const newFileMode: number | null = Deno.lstatSync(tempFile).mode;
+      assert(newFileMode && originalFileMode);
+      assert(newFileMode === 33279 && newFileMode > originalFileMode);
+      Deno.removeSync(tempFile);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+test({
+  name: "ASYNC: Error passed in callback function when bad mode passed in",
+  async fn() {
+    await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      chmod("some_pretend_file.txt", "999", err => {
+        if (err) reject(err);
+        else resolve();
+      });
+    })
+      .then(() => {
+        fail("Expected exception to be thrown");
+      })
+      .catch(err => {
+        assert(err);
+      });
+  }
+});
+test({
+  name: "SYNC: Error thrown when bad mode passed in",
+  fn() {
+    let caughtError: Error | undefined;
+    try {
+      chmodSync("some_pretend_file.txt", "999");
+    } catch (err) {
+      caughtError = err;
+    }
+    assert(caughtError);
+  }
+});
diff --git a/std/node/_fs/_fs_constants.ts b/std/node/_fs/_fs_constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..765e4af790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/std/node/_fs/_fs_constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2020 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+
+//File access constants
+export const F_OK = 0;
+export const R_OK = 4;
+export const W_OK = 2;
+export const X_OK = 1;
+
+//File mode constants
+export const S_IRUSR = 0o400; //read by owner
+export const S_IWUSR = 0o200; //write by owner
+export const S_IXUSR = 0o100; //execute/search by owner
+export const S_IRGRP = 0o40; //read by group
+export const S_IWGRP = 0o20; //write by group
+export const S_IXGRP = 0o10; //execute/search by group
+export const S_IROTH = 0o4; //read by others
+export const S_IWOTH = 0o2; //write by others
+export const S_IXOTH = 0o1; //execute/search by others
diff --git a/std/node/fs.ts b/std/node/fs.ts
index 6ef69cb694..f86fc2391c 100755
--- a/std/node/fs.ts
+++ b/std/node/fs.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ import {
 import { appendFile, appendFileSync } from "./_fs/_fs_appendFile.ts";
 export { appendFile, appendFileSync };
 
+import { chmod, chmodSync } from "./_fs/_fs_chmod.ts";
+export { chmod, chmodSync };
+
+import * as constants from "./_fs/_fs_constants.ts";
+export { constants };
+
 const {
   readFile: denoReadFile,
   readFileSync: denoReadFileSync,