diff --git a/lib/matchers/matchers.rb b/lib/matchers/matchers.rb
index b408aa224..7414d7c3b 100644
--- a/lib/matchers/matchers.rb
+++ b/lib/matchers/matchers.rb
@@ -240,14 +240,21 @@ RSpec::Matchers.define :cmp do |expected|
     false
   end
 
+  def octal?(value)
+    return true if value =~ /\A0+\d+\Z/
+    false
+  end
+
   match do |actual|
     # if actual and expected are strings
-    if actual.is_a?(String) && expected.is_a?(String)
+    if expected.is_a?(String) && actual.is_a?(String)
       actual.casecmp(expected) == 0
     elsif expected.is_a?(Integer) && integer?(actual)
       expected == actual.to_i
     elsif expected.is_a?(Float) && float?(actual)
       expected == actual.to_f
+    elsif octal?(expected) && actual.is_a?(Integer)
+      expected.to_i(8) == actual
     # fallback to equal
     else
       actual == expected
@@ -255,10 +262,12 @@ RSpec::Matchers.define :cmp do |expected|
   end
 
   failure_message do |actual|
+    actual = '0' + actual.to_s(8) if octal?(expected)
     "\nexpected: #{expected}\n     got: #{actual}\n\n(compared using `cmp` matcher)\n"
   end
 
   failure_message_when_negated do |actual|
+    actual = '0' + actual.to_s(8) if octal?(expected)
     "\nexpected: value != #{expected}\n     got: #{actual}\n\n(compared using `cmp` matcher)\n"
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/integration/test/integration/default/file_spec.rb b/test/integration/test/integration/default/file_spec.rb
index 1d6438069..f4fc26f40 100644
--- a/test/integration/test/integration/default/file_spec.rb
+++ b/test/integration/test/integration/default/file_spec.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ if os.unix?
     # it { should have_mode }
     its('mode') { should eq 00765 }
     it { should be_mode 00765 }
+    its('mode') { should cmp '0765' }
+    its('mode') { should_not cmp '0777' }
 
     it { should be_readable }
     it { should be_readable.by('owner') }