diff --git a/src/uu/cut/src/cut.rs b/src/uu/cut/src/cut.rs
index 57f0e61d1..aea44c988 100644
--- a/src/uu/cut/src/cut.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cut/src/cut.rs
@@ -343,11 +343,11 @@ fn cut_fields<R: Read, W: Write>(
     }
 }
 
-fn cut_files(mut filenames: Vec<String>, mode: &Mode) {
+fn cut_files(mut filenames: Vec<OsString>, mode: &Mode) {
     let mut stdin_read = false;
 
     if filenames.is_empty() {
-        filenames.push("-".to_owned());
+        filenames.push(OsString::from("-"));
     }
 
     let mut out: Box<dyn Write> = if stdout().is_terminal() {
@@ -370,12 +370,12 @@ fn cut_files(mut filenames: Vec<String>, mode: &Mode) {
 
             stdin_read = true;
         } else {
-            let path = Path::new(&filename[..]);
+            let path = Path::new(filename);
 
             if path.is_dir() {
                 show_error!(
                     "{}: {}",
-                    filename.maybe_quote(),
+                    filename.to_string_lossy().maybe_quote(),
                     translate!("cut-error-is-directory")
                 );
                 set_exit_code(1);
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ fn cut_files(mut filenames: Vec<String>, mode: &Mode) {
 
             show_if_err!(
                 File::open(path)
-                    .map_err_context(|| filename.maybe_quote().to_string())
+                    .map_err_context(|| filename.to_string_lossy().to_string())
                     .and_then(|file| {
                         match &mode {
                             Mode::Bytes(ranges, opts) | Mode::Characters(ranges, opts) => {
@@ -577,8 +577,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         },
     };
 
-    let files: Vec<String> = matches
-        .get_many::<String>(options::FILE)
+    let files: Vec<OsString> = matches
+        .get_many::<OsString>(options::FILE)
         .unwrap_or_default()
         .cloned()
         .collect();
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::FILE)
                 .hide(true)
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
-                .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath),
+                .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath)
+                .value_parser(clap::value_parser!(OsString)),
         )
 }
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cut.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cut.rs
index a2406679c..616e20a58 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cut.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cut.rs
@@ -385,3 +385,33 @@ fn test_failed_write_is_reported() {
         .fails()
         .stderr_is("cut: write error: No space left on device\n");
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn test_cut_non_utf8_paths() {
+    use std::fs;
+    use uutests::util::TestScenario;
+    use uutests::util_name;
+
+    let ts = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &ts.fixtures;
+
+    // Create test file with normal name first
+    at.write("temp.txt", "a\tb\tc\n1\t2\t3\n");
+
+    // Rename to non-UTF-8 name
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
+        let file_name = std::ffi::OsStr::from_bytes(b"test_\xFF\xFE.txt");
+
+        fs::rename(at.subdir.join("temp.txt"), at.subdir.join(file_name)).unwrap();
+
+        // Test that cut can handle non-UTF-8 filenames
+        ts.ucmd()
+            .arg("-f1,3")
+            .arg(file_name)
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_only("a\tc\n1\t3\n");
+    }
+}