Index: autotests/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- autotests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ autotests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
   ecm_add_tests(
     klocalsockettest.cpp
     klocalsocketservertest.cpp
+    privilegejobtest.cpp
     NAME_PREFIX "kiocore-"
     LINK_LIBRARIES KF5::KIOCore KF5::I18n Qt5::Test Qt5::Network
   )
Index: autotests/privilegejobtest.h
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ autotests/privilegejobtest.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/***
+    Copyright (C) 2017 by Chinmoy Ranjan Pradhan <chinmoyrp65@gmail.com>
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
+    later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
+    successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
+    act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+    License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+***/
+
+#ifndef PRIVILEGEJOBTEST_H
+#define PRIVILEGEJOBTEST_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+
+class PrivilegeJobTest : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+private Q_SLOTS:
+    void initTestCase();
+    void cleanupTestCase();
+
+    void privilegeChmod();
+    void privilegeCopy();
+    void privilegeDelete();
+
+private:
+    QString expectedMetaData() const;
+
+    QString m_testFilePath;
+};
+
+#endif
Index: autotests/privilegejobtest.cpp
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ autotests/privilegejobtest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/***
+    Copyright (C) 2017 by Chinmoy Ranjan Pradhan <chinmoyrp65@gmail.com>
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
+    later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
+    successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
+    act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+    License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+***/
+
+#include "privilegejobtest.h"
+
+#include <QtTest/QtTest>
+
+#include <KIO/ChmodJob>
+#include <KIO/CopyJob>
+#include <KIO/DeleteJob>
+
+#include "kiotesthelper.h"
+
+QTEST_MAIN(PrivilegeJobTest)
+
+#define R_OWNER QFileDevice::ReadOwner
+#define RX_OWNER QFileDevice::ReadOwner | QFileDevice::ExeOwner
+#define RWX_OWNER QFileDevice::ReadOwner | QFileDevice::WriteOwner | QFileDevice::ExeOwner
+#define KIO_JOB_FLAGS KIO::HideProgressInfo | KIO::PrivilegeExecution
+#define LOCALFILE(x) QUrl::fromLocalFile(x)
+
+void PrivilegeJobTest::initTestCase()
+{
+    // To avoid a runtime dependency on klauncher
+    qputenv("KDE_FORK_SLAVES", "yes");
+
+    cleanupTestCase();
+    homeTmpDir();
+    m_testFilePath = homeTmpDir() + "testfile";
+    createTestFile(m_testFilePath);
+    QVERIFY(QFile::exists(m_testFilePath));
+    QVERIFY(QFile::setPermissions(homeTmpDir(), RX_OWNER));
+}
+
+void PrivilegeJobTest::cleanupTestCase()
+{
+    QFile::setPermissions(homeTmpDir(), RWX_OWNER);
+    QDir(homeTmpDir()).removeRecursively();
+}
+
+void PrivilegeJobTest::privilegeChmod()
+{
+    KFileItem item(LOCALFILE(m_testFilePath));
+    const mode_t origPerm = item.permissions();
+    mode_t newPerm = origPerm ^ S_IWGRP;
+    QVERIFY(newPerm != origPerm);
+    // Remove search permission
+    QVERIFY(QFile::setPermissions(homeTmpDir(), R_OWNER));
+    KFileItemList items; items << item;
+    KIO::Job *job = KIO::chmod(items, newPerm, S_IWGRP, QString(), QString(), false, KIO_JOB_FLAGS);
+    job->addMetaData("UnitTesting", "true");
+    job->setUiDelegate(nullptr);
+    QVERIFY(job->exec());
+    QCOMPARE(job->queryMetaData("TestData"), expectedMetaData());
+    // Bring it back
+    QVERIFY(QFile::setPermissions(homeTmpDir(), RX_OWNER));
+}
+
+void PrivilegeJobTest::privilegeCopy()
+{
+    KIO::CopyJob *copyJob = KIO::copy(LOCALFILE(m_testFilePath), LOCALFILE(homeTmpDir() + "newtestfile"), KIO_JOB_FLAGS);
+    copyJob->addMetaData("UnitTesting", "true");
+    copyJob->setUiDelegate(nullptr);
+    QSignalSpy spy(copyJob, SIGNAL(result(KJob*)));
+    QVERIFY(spy.isValid());
+    QVERIFY(spy.wait(10000));
+    QCOMPARE(copyJob->error(), 0);
+
+    QCOMPARE(copyJob->queryMetaData("TestData"), expectedMetaData());
+}
+
+void PrivilegeJobTest::privilegeDelete()
+{
+    // Normal delete
+    KIO::DeleteJob *job = KIO::del(LOCALFILE(m_testFilePath), KIO_JOB_FLAGS);
+    //job->addMetaData("recurse", "true");
+    job->addMetaData("UnitTesting", "true");
+    job->setUiDelegate(nullptr);
+    QVERIFY(job->exec());
+    QCOMPARE(job->queryMetaData("TestData"), expectedMetaData());
+
+    // Recursive delete
+    job = KIO::del(LOCALFILE(homeTmpDir()), KIO_JOB_FLAGS);
+    job->addMetaData("recurse", "true");
+    job->addMetaData("UnitTesting", "true");
+    job->setUiDelegate(nullptr);
+    QVERIFY(job->exec());
+    QCOMPARE(job->queryMetaData("TestData"), expectedMetaData());
+}
+
+QString PrivilegeJobTest::expectedMetaData() const
+{
+    return QString("org.kde.kio.file.exec,true,org.kde.kio.file,true");
+}
+