diff --git a/cf-agent/simulate_mode.c b/cf-agent/simulate_mode.c
index b70274a9c13..25e4193b5c0 100644
--- a/cf-agent/simulate_mode.c
+++ b/cf-agent/simulate_mode.c
@@ -46,8 +46,13 @@
 
 #define DELIM_CHAR '='
 
-/* Taken from coreutils/lib/stat-macros.h. */
+/* Taken from coreutils/lib/stat-macros.h. Windows has no setuid, setgid or
+ * sticky bits. */
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
 #define CHMOD_MODE_BITS (S_ISUID | S_ISGID | S_ISVTX | S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO)
+#else
+#define CHMOD_MODE_BITS (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO)
+#endif
 
 static inline void PrintDelimiter()
 {
@@ -418,6 +423,71 @@ static bool RunDiff(const char *path1, const char *path2)
     return !failure;
 }
 
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
+static inline void FormatUser(uid_t uid, char *buf, size_t buf_size)
+{
+    char name[CF_SMALLBUF];
+    NDEBUG_UNUSED int ret;
+    if (GetUserName(uid, name, sizeof(name), LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE))
+    {
+        ret = snprintf(buf, buf_size, "%ju/%s", (uintmax_t) uid, name);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        ret = snprintf(buf, buf_size, "%ju", (uintmax_t) uid);
+    }
+    /* Can't truncate: callers pass CF_BUFSIZE, name is at most CF_SMALLBUF. */
+    assert((ret >= 0) && ((size_t) ret < buf_size));
+}
+
+static inline void FormatGroup(gid_t gid, char *buf, size_t buf_size)
+{
+    char name[CF_SMALLBUF];
+    NDEBUG_UNUSED int ret;
+    if (GetGroupName(gid, name, sizeof(name), LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE))
+    {
+        ret = snprintf(buf, buf_size, "%ju/%s", (uintmax_t) gid, name);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        ret = snprintf(buf, buf_size, "%ju", (uintmax_t) gid);
+    }
+    /* Can't truncate: callers pass CF_BUFSIZE, name is at most CF_SMALLBUF. */
+    assert((ret >= 0) && ((size_t) ret < buf_size));
+}
+#endif  /* !__MINGW32__ */
+
+/* Report permission and ownership changes too, 'diff' only compares contents.
+ * Owner and group are only compared on POSIX. */
+static void DiffStatInfo(const char *path, const struct stat *st_orig, const struct stat *st_chrooted)
+{
+    assert(st_orig != NULL);
+    assert(st_chrooted != NULL);
+
+    if ((st_orig->st_mode & CHMOD_MODE_BITS) != (st_chrooted->st_mode & CHMOD_MODE_BITS))
+    {
+        printf("'%s' changed permissions from %04o to %04o\n", path,
+               st_orig->st_mode & CHMOD_MODE_BITS, st_chrooted->st_mode & CHMOD_MODE_BITS);
+    }
+
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
+    char from[CF_BUFSIZE];
+    char to[CF_BUFSIZE];
+    if (st_orig->st_uid != st_chrooted->st_uid)
+    {
+        FormatUser(st_orig->st_uid, from, sizeof(from));
+        FormatUser(st_chrooted->st_uid, to, sizeof(to));
+        printf("'%s' changed owner from %s to %s\n", path, from, to);
+    }
+    if (st_orig->st_gid != st_chrooted->st_gid)
+    {
+        FormatGroup(st_orig->st_gid, from, sizeof(from));
+        FormatGroup(st_chrooted->st_gid, to, sizeof(to));
+        printf("'%s' changed group from %s to %s\n", path, from, to);
+    }
+#endif  /* !__MINGW32__ */
+}
+
 static bool DiffFile(const char *path)
 {
     const char *chrooted_path = ToChangesChroot(path);
@@ -455,6 +525,7 @@ static bool DiffFile(const char *path)
         switch (st_chrooted.st_mode & S_IFMT) {
         case S_IFREG:
         case S_IFDIR:
+            DiffStatInfo(path, &st_orig, &st_chrooted);
             return RunDiff(path, chrooted_path);
         default:
             printf("'%s' is a %s\n", path, GetFileTypeDescription(st_chrooted.st_mode));
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/29_simulate_mode/diff_mode.cf.expected b/tests/acceptance/29_simulate_mode/diff_mode.cf.expected
index df7344380f2..7db2f11ae13 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/29_simulate_mode/diff_mode.cf.expected
+++ b/tests/acceptance/29_simulate_mode/diff_mode.cf.expected
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ Only in WORKDIR/tmp/sub-dir/.: sub-file
 -<Root/>
 +<Root><x foo="bar">y</x></Root>
 ===========================================================================
+'WORKDIR/tmp/perms' changed permissions from 0600 to 0000
 ===========================================================================
 'WORKDIR/tmp/transformer' no longer exists
 ===========================================================================
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/29_simulate_mode/diff_mode_ownership.cf b/tests/acceptance/29_simulate_mode/diff_mode_ownership.cf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2fcde3b7ab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/acceptance/29_simulate_mode/diff_mode_ownership.cf
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+body common control
+{
+  inputs => { "../default.sub.cf", "./normalize_agent_output.cf.sub" };
+  bundlesequence => { default("$(this.promise_filename)") };
+  version => "1.0";
+}
+
+bundle agent init
+{
+  meta:
+    "test_skip_needs_work"
+      string => "using_fakeroot",
+      comment => "chown is faked under fakeroot; the chrooted stat won't reflect real ownership changes";
+
+  files:
+    "$(G.testroot)$(const.dirsep)chown-me"
+      create => "true",
+      comment => "Created as root:root, will be promised to bin:bin in the sub policy";
+}
+
+bundle agent test
+{
+  meta:
+    "test_soft_fail"
+      string => "(solaris|aix|hpux|windows)",
+      meta => { "ENT-6540", "ENT-10254" };
+
+    "description" -> { "ENT-14694" }
+      string => "Test that --simulate=diff reports owner and group changes";
+
+  commands:
+    "$(sys.cf_agent) -Kf $(this.promise_dirname)$(const.dirsep)diff_mode_ownership.cf.sub --simulate=diff 2>&1 | $(G.grep) 'changed owner\|changed group' > $(this.promise_filename).actual"
+      contain => in_shell;
+}
+
+bundle agent check
+{
+  vars:
+    "actual" string => readfile("$(this.promise_filename).actual", inf);
+
+  classes:
+    "has_owner_change"
+      expression => regcmp(
+        ".*changed owner from 0/root to [0-9]+/bin.*", "$(actual)"
+      );
+
+    "has_group_change"
+      expression => regcmp(
+        ".*changed group from 0/root to [0-9]+/bin.*", "$(actual)"
+      );
+
+    "ok" and => { "has_owner_change", "has_group_change" };
+
+  reports:
+    ok::
+      "$(this.promise_filename) Pass";
+
+    !ok::
+      "$(this.promise_filename) FAIL";
+
+    !ok::
+      "actual output: $(actual)";
+}
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/29_simulate_mode/diff_mode_ownership.cf.sub b/tests/acceptance/29_simulate_mode/diff_mode_ownership.cf.sub
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d24bd19a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/acceptance/29_simulate_mode/diff_mode_ownership.cf.sub
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+bundle common simulation_ownership_promises
+{
+  vars:
+    "inputs" slist => { "$(this.promise_dirname)/../default.sub.cf" };
+}
+
+body common control
+{
+  inputs => { "@(simulation_ownership_promises.inputs)" };
+}
+
+bundle agent init
+{
+  files:
+    "$(G.testroot)$(const.dirsep)chown-me"
+      create => "true";
+}
+
+bundle agent test
+{
+  files:
+    "$(G.testroot)$(const.dirsep)chown-me"
+      perms => mog("0600", "bin", "bin");
+}
+
+bundle agent main
+{
+  methods:
+    "init";
+    "test";
+}