diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
index b333d4a78..45e9b69ac 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
@@ -1663,6 +1663,7 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_attributes(
     let context = &*format!("{} -> {}", source.quote(), dest.quote());
     let source_metadata =
         fs::symlink_metadata(source).map_err(|e| CpError::IoErrContext(e, context.to_owned()))?;
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     let mut ownership_failed = false;
 
     // Ownership must be changed first to avoid interfering with mode change.
@@ -1710,10 +1711,33 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_attributes(
         // do nothing, since every symbolic link has the same
         // permissions.
         if !dest.is_symlink() {
-            let mut permissions = source_metadata.permissions();
-            if ownership_failed {
-                permissions.set_mode(permissions.mode() & !(libc::S_ISUID | libc::S_ISGID));
-            }
+            let permissions = source_metadata.permissions();
+
+            #[cfg(unix)]
+            let permissions = {
+                let mut perms = permissions;
+                if ownership_failed {
+                    #[cfg(not(any(
+                        target_os = "android",
+                        target_os = "macos",
+                        target_os = "freebsd",
+                        target_os = "redox",
+                    )))]
+                    let mask = libc::S_ISUID | libc::S_ISGID;
+
+                    #[cfg(any(
+                        target_os = "android",
+                        target_os = "macos",
+                        target_os = "freebsd",
+                        target_os = "redox",
+                    ))]
+                    let mask = (libc::S_ISUID | libc::S_ISGID) as u32;
+
+                    perms.set_mode(perms.mode() & !mask);
+                }
+                perms
+            };
+
             fs::set_permissions(dest, permissions)
                 .map_err(|e| CpError::IoErrContext(e, context.to_owned()))?;
             // FIXME: Implement this for windows as well
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
index 2563e533a..6e9505542 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
@@ -7400,3 +7400,38 @@ fn test_cp_recurse_verbose_output_with_symlink_already_exists() {
         .no_stderr()
         .stdout_is(output);
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn test_cp_preserve_strip_setuid() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    let source = "/bin/sh";
+    let destination = "sh_copy";
+
+    ucmd.arg("-p").arg(source).arg(destination).succeeds();
+
+    use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+    let mode = at.metadata(destination).permissions().mode();
+
+    #[cfg(not(any(
+        target_os = "android",
+        target_os = "macos",
+        target_os = "freebsd",
+        target_os = "redox",
+    )))]
+    let mask = libc::S_ISUID | libc::S_ISGID;
+
+    #[cfg(any(
+        target_os = "android",
+        target_os = "macos",
+        target_os = "freebsd",
+        target_os = "redox",
+    ))]
+    let mask = (libc::S_ISUID | libc::S_ISGID) as u32;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        mode & mask,
+        0,
+        "SetUID/SetGID need to be stripped if ownership preservation fails."
+    );
+}