diff --git a/src/uu/nohup/src/nohup.rs b/src/uu/nohup/src/nohup.rs
index 6280d44e1..c4d5707dd 100644
--- a/src/uu/nohup/src/nohup.rs
+++ b/src/uu/nohup/src/nohup.rs
@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@ fn find_stdout() -> UResult<File> {
             Ok(t)
         }
         Err(e1) => {
-            let Ok(home) = env::var("HOME") else {
+            let Some(home) = env::var_os("HOME") else {
                 return Err(NohupError::OpenFailed(internal_failure_code, e1).into());
             };
             let mut homeout = PathBuf::from(home);
             homeout.push(NOHUP_OUT);
-            let homeout_str = homeout.to_str().unwrap();
+            let homeout_str = homeout.to_string_lossy();
             match OpenOptions::new().create(true).append(true).open(&homeout) {
                 Ok(t) => {
                     show_error!(
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_nohup.rs b/tests/by-util/test_nohup.rs
index f3fa0bc94..f11f0609d 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_nohup.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_nohup.rs
@@ -247,3 +247,23 @@ fn test_nohup_stderr_to_stdout() {
     assert!(content.contains("stdout message"));
     assert!(content.contains("stderr message"));
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "macos")))]
+fn test_nohup_non_utf8_home() {
+    use std::{ffi::OsStr, os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt};
+    let ts = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &ts.fixtures;
+
+    at.mkdir("nohup.out");
+    at.mkdir(OsStr::from_bytes(b"nohup_home\x80"));
+    let path = at.plus(OsStr::from_bytes(b"nohup_home\x80"));
+
+    ts.ucmd()
+        .terminal_simulation(true)
+        .env("HOME", path.as_os_str())
+        .args(&["true"])
+        .succeeds();
+
+    assert!(at.file_exists(path.join("nohup.out")));
+}