diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/81699-zip-permission.yml b/changelogs/fragments/81699-zip-permission.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d7ca23fd9bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/81699-zip-permission.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - unarchive - add support for 8 character permission strings for zip archives (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81705).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/unarchive.py b/lib/ansible/modules/unarchive.py
index 82137d261f3..0fbdc1d643e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/unarchive.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/unarchive.py
@@ -500,7 +500,8 @@ class ZipArchive(object):
                 continue
 
             # Check first and seventh field in order to skip header/footer
-            if len(pcs[0]) != 7 and len(pcs[0]) != 10:
+            # 7 or 8 are FAT, 10 is normal unix perms
+            if len(pcs[0]) not in (7, 8, 10):
                 continue
             if len(pcs[6]) != 15:
                 continue
@@ -552,6 +553,12 @@ class ZipArchive(object):
                 else:
                     permstr = 'rw-rw-rw-'
                 file_umask = umask
+            elif len(permstr) == 7:
+                if permstr == 'rwxa---':
+                    permstr = 'rwxrwxrwx'
+                else:
+                    permstr = 'rw-rw-rw-'
+                file_umask = umask
             elif 'bsd' in systemtype.lower():
                 file_umask = umask
             else: