diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 72f97337..725b848a 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
         repmgr: ensure BDR2-specific functionality cannot be used on
           BDR3 and later (Ian)
         repmgr: improve --dry-run behaviour in barman mode (Ian)
+        repmgr: fix data directory permissions issue in barman mode where
+          an existing directory is being overwritten (Ian)
 
 4.3     2019-04-02
         repmgr: add "daemon (start|stop)" command; GitHub #528 (Ian)
diff --git a/dirutil.c b/dirutil.c
index 356c1a55..be199288 100644
--- a/dirutil.c
+++ b/dirutil.c
@@ -336,6 +336,15 @@ create_pg_dir(const char *path, bool force)
 				{
 					log_notice(_("-F/--force provided - deleting existing data directory \"%s\""), path);
 					nftw(path, unlink_dir_callback, 64, FTW_DEPTH | FTW_PHYS);
+
+					/* recreate the directory ourselves to ensure permissions are correct */
+					if (!create_dir(path))
+					{
+						log_error(_("unable to create directory \"%s\"..."),
+								  path);
+						return false;
+					}
+
 					return true;
 				}
 
@@ -347,6 +356,15 @@ create_pg_dir(const char *path, bool force)
 				{
 					log_notice(_("deleting existing directory \"%s\""), path);
 					nftw(path, unlink_dir_callback, 64, FTW_DEPTH | FTW_PHYS);
+
+					/* recreate the directory ourselves to ensure permissions are correct */
+					if (!create_dir(path))
+					{
+						log_error(_("unable to create directory \"%s\"..."),
+								  path);
+						return false;
+					}
+
 					return true;
 				}
 				return false;
diff --git a/doc/appendix-release-notes.sgml b/doc/appendix-release-notes.sgml
index 95d118e6..f12b5862 100644
--- a/doc/appendix-release-notes.sgml
+++ b/doc/appendix-release-notes.sgml
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@
             </para>
           </listitem>
 
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              &repmgr;: when executing <link linkend="repmgr-standby-clone"><command>repmgr standby clone</command></link>
+              in <option>--dry-run</option> mode, ensure provision of the <option>--force</option> option
+              does not result in an existing data directory being modified in any way.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+
         </itemizedlist>
       </para>
     </sect2>