diff --git a/src/mqueue.rs b/src/mqueue.rs
index 7684d56858..3753eedfff 100644
--- a/src/mqueue.rs
+++ b/src/mqueue.rs
@@ -165,7 +165,14 @@ where
                 &mq_attr.mq_attr as *const libc::mq_attr,
             )
         },
-        None => unsafe { libc::mq_open(cstr.as_ptr(), oflag.bits()) },
+        None => unsafe {
+            libc::mq_open(
+                cstr.as_ptr(),
+                oflag.bits(),
+                mode.bits() as libc::c_int,
+                ::std::ptr::null() as *const libc::mq_attr,
+            )
+        },
     })?;
 
     Errno::result(res).map(MqdT)
diff --git a/test/test_mq.rs b/test/test_mq.rs
index 874a72b44d..cc3e7b9f46 100644
--- a/test/test_mq.rs
+++ b/test/test_mq.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,33 @@ fn test_mq_send_and_receive() {
     assert_eq!(msg_to_send, str::from_utf8(&buf[0..len]).unwrap());
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_mq_send_and_receive_noattr() {
+    let mq_name = "/a_nix_test_queue";
+
+    let oflag0 = MQ_OFlag::O_CREAT | MQ_OFlag::O_WRONLY;
+    let mode = Mode::S_IWUSR | Mode::S_IRUSR | Mode::S_IRGRP | Mode::S_IROTH;
+    let r0 = mq_open(mq_name, oflag0, mode, None);
+    if let Err(Errno::ENOSYS) = r0 {
+        println!("message queues not supported or module not loaded?");
+        return;
+    };
+    let mqd0 = r0.unwrap();
+    let msg_to_send = "msg_1";
+    mq_send(&mqd0, msg_to_send.as_bytes(), 1).unwrap();
+
+    let oflag1 = MQ_OFlag::O_CREAT | MQ_OFlag::O_RDONLY;
+    let mqd1 = mq_open(mq_name, oflag1, mode, None).unwrap();
+    let mut buf = [0u8; 32];
+    let mut prio = 0u32;
+    let len = mq_receive(&mqd1, &mut buf, &mut prio).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(prio, 1);
+
+    mq_close(mqd1).unwrap();
+    mq_close(mqd0).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(msg_to_send, str::from_utf8(&buf[0..len]).unwrap());
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_mq_timedreceive() {
     const MSG_SIZE: mq_attr_member_t = 32;