diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index a4ee134285..ef870eb183 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 * Update document parsing app tests to work with Python 3.
 * Handle office files in explicit binary mode for Python 3.
 * Return a proper list of SearchModel instances (Python 3).
+* Specify FUSE literals in explicit octal notation (Python 3).
 
 3.1.4 (2018-10-4)
 =================
diff --git a/mayan/apps/mirroring/literals.py b/mayan/apps/mirroring/literals.py
index 22f3cacf4a..e453ddd205 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/mirroring/literals.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/mirroring/literals.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 MAX_FILE_DESCRIPTOR = 65535
 MIN_FILE_DESCRIPTOR = 0
-FILE_MODE = DIRECTORY_MODE = 0555
+FILE_MODE = DIRECTORY_MODE = 0o555