diff --git a/bandit/plugins/general_bad_file_permissions.py b/bandit/plugins/general_bad_file_permissions.py
index 7d3fce4df..2316a7615 100644
--- a/bandit/plugins/general_bad_file_permissions.py
+++ b/bandit/plugins/general_bad_file_permissions.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     Added checks for S_IWGRP and S_IXOTH
 
 """  # noqa: E501
+import ast
 import stat
 
 import bandit
@@ -69,6 +70,24 @@ def _stat_is_dangerous(mode):
     )
 
 
+def _resolve_mode_from_ast(node):
+    if isinstance(node, ast.Constant) and isinstance(node.value, int):
+        return node.value
+    elif isinstance(node, getattr(ast, "Num", type(None))):
+        return getattr(node, "n", None)
+    elif isinstance(node, ast.Attribute):
+        if hasattr(stat, node.attr):
+            val = getattr(stat, node.attr)
+            if isinstance(val, int):
+                return val
+    elif isinstance(node, ast.BinOp) and isinstance(node.op, ast.BitOr):
+        left = _resolve_mode_from_ast(node.left)
+        right = _resolve_mode_from_ast(node.right)
+        if left is not None and right is not None:
+            return left | right
+    return None
+
+
 @test.checks("Call")
 @test.test_id("B103")
 def set_bad_file_permissions(context):
@@ -76,6 +95,10 @@ def set_bad_file_permissions(context):
         if context.call_args_count == 2:
             mode = context.get_call_arg_at_position(1)
 
+            if mode is None:
+                arg_node = context.node.args[1]
+                mode = _resolve_mode_from_ast(arg_node)
+
             if (
                 mode is not None
                 and isinstance(mode, int)
diff --git a/examples/os-chmod.py b/examples/os-chmod.py
index f7fff8517..c665ab2c8 100644
--- a/examples/os-chmod.py
+++ b/examples/os-chmod.py
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@
 os.chmod(keyfile, 0o777)
 os.chmod('~/hidden_exec', stat.S_IXGRP)
 os.chmod('~/hidden_exec', stat.S_IXOTH)
+os.chmod('config.ini', stat.S_IWGRP | stat.S_IWOTH)
+os.chmod('config.ini', stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IRGRP | stat.S_IROTH | stat.S_IXOTH)
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_functional.py b/tests/functional/test_functional.py
index 08b1c5c5b..53181c1c7 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_functional.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_functional.py
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ def test_subdirectory_okay(self):
     def test_os_chmod(self):
         """Test setting file permissions."""
         expect = {
-            "SEVERITY": {"UNDEFINED": 0, "LOW": 0, "MEDIUM": 4, "HIGH": 8},
-            "CONFIDENCE": {"UNDEFINED": 0, "LOW": 0, "MEDIUM": 1, "HIGH": 11},
+            "SEVERITY": {"UNDEFINED": 0, "LOW": 0, "MEDIUM": 5, "HIGH": 9},
+            "CONFIDENCE": {"UNDEFINED": 0, "LOW": 0, "MEDIUM": 1, "HIGH": 13},
         }
         self.check_example("os-chmod.py", expect)