diff --git a/main/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/commands/NPCCommands.java b/main/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/commands/NPCCommands.java
index 61e7fcc80..cd8bb6904 100644
--- a/main/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/commands/NPCCommands.java
+++ b/main/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/commands/NPCCommands.java
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ public class NPCCommands {
 
     @Command(
             aliases = { "npc" },
-            usage = "command (add [command] | remove [id|all] | permissions [permissions] | sequential | cycle | random | forgetplayer (uuid) | clearerror [type] (name|uuid) | errormsg [type] [msg] | persistsequence [true|false] | cost [cost] (id) | expcost [cost] (id) | itemcost (id)) (-s(hift)) (-l[eft]/-r[ight]) (-p[layer] -o[p]), --cooldown --gcooldown [seconds] --delay [ticks] --permissions [perms] --n [max # of uses]",
+            usage = "command (add [command] | remove [id|all] | permissions [permissions] (duration) | sequential | cycle | random | forgetplayer (uuid) | clearerror [type] (name|uuid) | errormsg [type] [msg] | persistsequence [true|false] | cost [cost] (id) | expcost [cost] (id) | itemcost (id)) (-s(hift)) (-l[eft]/-r[ight]) (-p[layer] -o[p]), --cooldown --gcooldown [seconds] --delay [ticks] --permissions [perms] --n [max # of uses]",
             desc = "",
             modifiers = { "command", "cmd" },
             min = 1,
@@ -672,10 +672,14 @@ public class NPCCommands {
         } else if (action.equalsIgnoreCase("permissions") || action.equalsIgnoreCase("perms")) {
             if (!sender.hasPermission("citizens.admin"))
                 throw new NoPermissionsException();
-            List<String> temporaryPermissions = Arrays.asList(args.getSlice(2));
-            commands.setTemporaryPermissions(temporaryPermissions);
+            List<String> temporaryPermissions = Arrays.asList(args.getString(2).split(","));
+            int duration = -1;
+            if (args.argsLength() == 4) {
+                duration = Util.parseTicks(args.getString(3));
+            }
+            commands.setTemporaryPermissions(temporaryPermissions, duration);
             Messaging.sendTr(sender, Messages.COMMAND_TEMPORARY_PERMISSIONS_SET,
-                    Joiner.on(' ').join(temporaryPermissions));
+                    Joiner.on(' ').join(temporaryPermissions), duration);
         } else if (action.equalsIgnoreCase("cost")) {
             if (args.argsLength() == 2)
                 throw new CommandException(Messages.COMMAND_MISSING_COST);
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/trait/CommandTrait.java b/main/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/trait/CommandTrait.java
index be7cfda99..39a140ffa 100644
--- a/main/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/trait/CommandTrait.java
+++ b/main/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/trait/CommandTrait.java
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ public class CommandTrait extends Trait {
     private final Map<UUID, PlayerNPCCommand> playerTracking = Maps.newHashMap();
     @Persist
     private final List<String> temporaryPermissions = Lists.newArrayList();
+    @Persist
+    private int temporaryPermissionsDuration;
 
     public CommandTrait() {
         super("commandtrait");
@@ -363,7 +365,12 @@ public class CommandTrait extends Trait {
                                 attachment.setPermission(permission, true);
                             }
                             command.run(npc, player);
-                            attachment.remove();
+                            if (temporaryPermissionsDuration <= 0) {
+                                attachment.remove();
+                            } else {
+                                Bukkit.getScheduler().scheduleSyncDelayedTask(CitizensAPI.getPlugin(),
+                                        () -> attachment.remove());
+                            }
                             return;
                         }
                     }
@@ -481,8 +488,13 @@ public class CommandTrait extends Trait {
     }
 
     public void setTemporaryPermissions(List<String> permissions) {
+        setTemporaryPermissions(permissions, -1);
+    }
+
+    public void setTemporaryPermissions(List<String> permissions, int duration) {
         temporaryPermissions.clear();
         temporaryPermissions.addAll(permissions);
+        temporaryPermissionsDuration = duration;
     }
 
     public enum CommandTraitError {
diff --git a/main/src/main/resources/en.json b/main/src/main/resources/en.json
index be291c217..7a5f85de6 100644
--- a/main/src/main/resources/en.json
+++ b/main/src/main/resources/en.json
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
   "citizens.commands.npc.command.persist-sequence-unset" : "Command sequences will no longer be saved across server restarts.",
   "citizens.commands.npc.command.player-forgotten" : "Forgot player command history for [[{0}]].",
   "citizens.commands.npc.command.right-hand-header" : "Commands to run on [[right click]]:",
-  "citizens.commands.npc.command.temporary-permissions-set" : "Temporary permissions set to [[{0}]].",
+  "citizens.commands.npc.command.temporary-permissions-set" : "Temporary permissions set to [[{0}]] for [[{1}]] ticks.",
   "citizens.commands.npc.command.unknown-id" : "Unknown command id [[{0}]] for this NPC.",
   "citizens.commands.npc.commands.random-set" : "Commands will now execute at random.",
   "citizens.commands.npc.commands.random-unset" : "Commands will no longer execute at random.",