diff --git a/src/Stash/Driver/Sub/SqlitePdo.php b/src/Stash/Driver/Sub/SqlitePdo.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a05cede7..ee2d83f8
--- a/src/Stash/Driver/Sub/SqlitePdo.php
+++ b/src/Stash/Driver/Sub/SqlitePdo.php
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 namespace Stash\Driver\Sub;
 
+use Stash\Exception\RuntimeException;
+
 /**
  * Class SqlitePDO
  *
@@ -243,8 +245,14 @@ protected function getDriver()
                 $dir = substr($this->path, 0, $pos);
             }
 
-            if (!is_dir($dir)) {
-                mkdir($dir, $this->dirPermissions, true);
+            if (!is_dir($dir) && !mkdir($dir, $this->dirPermissions, true) && !is_dir($dir)) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Directory "%s" was not created', $dir));
+            }
+            if (file_put_contents($this->path, '') === false) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Cache file "%s" was not created', basename($this->path)));
+            }
+            if (!chmod($this->path, $this->filePermissions)) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Cache file permissions for "%s" could not be set', basename($this->path)));
             }
             $runInstall = true;
         } else {
diff --git a/tests/Stash/Test/Driver/SqlitePdoSqlite3Test.php b/tests/Stash/Test/Driver/SqlitePdoSqlite3Test.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 66a87e58..52b3d357
--- a/tests/Stash/Test/Driver/SqlitePdoSqlite3Test.php
+++ b/tests/Stash/Test/Driver/SqlitePdoSqlite3Test.php
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 namespace Stash\Test\Driver;
 
+use Stash\Utilities;
+
 /**
  * @package Stash
  * @author  Robert Hafner <tedivm@tedivm.com>
@@ -35,6 +37,25 @@ protected function setUp() : void
         parent::setUp();
     }
 
+    public function testFilePermissions()
+    {
+        $key = array('apple', 'sauce');
+
+        $driverClass = '\\' . $this->driverClass;
+        foreach (array(0666, 0622, 0604) as $perms) {
+            $driver = new $driverClass(array('filePermissions' => $perms, 'dirPermissions' => 0777)); // constructor first
+            $filename = rtrim(Utilities::getBaseDirectory($driver), '\\/') . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'cache.sqlite';
+            if (file_exists($filename)) {
+                unlink($filename);
+            }
+            $this->assertTrue($driver->storeData($key, 'test', time() + 30));
+            $this->assertFileExists($filename);
+            $result = fileperms($filename) & 0777; // only care for rwx
+            $this->assertSame($perms, $result, sprintf('Able to set file permissions to 0%o.', $perms));
+        }
+        @unlink($filename);
+    }
+
     public function getOptions()
     {
         $options = parent::getOptions();