diff -uprN a/daemon/gvfsftpdircache.c b/daemon/gvfsftpdircache.c
--- a/daemon/gvfsftpdircache.c	2010-02-22 10:57:39.000000000 +0100
+++ b/daemon/gvfsftpdircache.c	2010-08-31 14:40:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
  * Author: Benjamin Otte <otte@gnome.org>
  */
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
 #include <config.h>
 
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
@@ -599,6 +602,98 @@ g_vfs_ftp_dir_cache_funcs_process (GInpu
         g_file_info_set_is_hidden (info, result.fe_fnlen > 0 &&
                                          result.fe_fname[0] == '.');
 
+      /* If unix format then parse the attributes */
+      if ( 'U' == state.lstyle)
+        {
+        char file_mode[10], uid[64], gid[64];
+
+        /* POSIX ls -l form: mode, links, owner, group */
+        if ( 3 == sscanf( line, "%10c %*u %63s %63s", file_mode, uid, gid))
+          {
+          GFileType file_type;
+          guint32 mode;
+
+          /* File type */
+          switch ( file_mode[0])
+            {
+          case '-': /* Regular file */
+            mode = S_IFREG;
+            file_type = G_FILE_TYPE_REGULAR;
+            break;
+          case 'b': /* Block special file */
+            mode = S_IFBLK;
+            file_type = G_FILE_TYPE_SPECIAL;
+            break;
+          case 'c': /* Character special */
+            mode = S_IFCHR;
+            file_type = G_FILE_TYPE_SPECIAL;
+            break;
+          case 'd': /* Directory */
+            mode = S_IFDIR;
+            file_type = G_FILE_TYPE_DIRECTORY;
+            break;
+          case 'l': /* Symbolic link */
+            mode = S_IFLNK;
+            file_type = G_FILE_TYPE_SYMBOLIC_LINK;
+            break;
+          case 'p': /* FIFO */
+            mode = S_IFIFO;
+            file_type = G_FILE_TYPE_SPECIAL;
+            break;
+          default:
+            g_debug ("file_type: unknown (%c)\n", file_mode[0]);
+            mode = 0;
+            file_type = G_FILE_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
+            break;
+            }
+          g_file_info_set_file_type (info, file_type);
+
+          /* Permissions */
+          if ( 'r' == file_mode[1])
+            mode |= S_IRUSR;
+          if ( 'w' == file_mode[2])
+            mode |= S_IWUSR;
+          switch ( file_mode[3])
+            {
+          case 'x': mode |= S_IXUSR; break;
+          case 'S': mode |= S_ISUID; break;
+          case 's': mode |= S_ISUID | S_IXUSR; break;
+            }
+
+          if ( 'r' == file_mode[4])
+            mode |= S_IRGRP;
+          if ( 'w' == file_mode[5])
+            mode |= S_IWGRP;
+          switch ( file_mode[6])
+            {
+          case 'x': mode |= S_IXGRP; break;
+          case 'S': mode |= S_ISGID; break;
+          case 's': mode |= S_ISGID | S_IXGRP; break;
+            }
+
+          if ( 'r' == file_mode[7])
+            mode |= S_IROTH;
+          if ( 'w' == file_mode[8])
+            mode |= S_IWOTH;
+          switch ( file_mode[9])
+            {
+          case 'x': mode |= S_IXOTH; break;
+          case 'T': mode |= S_ISVTX; break;
+          case 't': mode |= S_ISVTX | S_IXOTH; break;
+            }
+
+          if ( mode)
+            g_file_info_set_attribute_uint32 (info, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_UNIX_MODE, mode);
+          else
+            g_debug ("# unknown file_mode: %.10s\n", file_mode);
+
+          g_file_info_set_attribute_string (info, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OWNER_USER, uid);
+          g_file_info_set_attribute_string (info, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OWNER_GROUP, gid);
+          }
+        else
+          g_debug ("# unknown listing format\n");
+        }
+
       /* Workaround:
        * result.fetime.tm_year contains actual year instead of offset-from-1900,
        * which mktime expects.