diff --git a/src/uu/expand/src/expand.rs b/src/uu/expand/src/expand.rs
index cd528316e..5b0b8f4e7 100644
--- a/src/uu/expand/src/expand.rs
+++ b/src/uu/expand/src/expand.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ fn tabstops_parse(s: &str) -> Result<(RemainingMode, Vec<usize>), ParseError> {
 }
 
 struct Options {
-    files: Vec<String>,
+    files: Vec<OsString>,
     tabstops: Vec<usize>,
     tspaces: String,
     iflag: bool,
@@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ impl Options {
             .unwrap(); // length of tabstops is guaranteed >= 1
         let tspaces = " ".repeat(nspaces);
 
-        let files: Vec<String> = match matches.get_many::<String>(options::FILES) {
-            Some(s) => s.map(|v| v.to_string()).collect(),
-            None => vec!["-".to_owned()],
+        let files: Vec<OsString> = match matches.get_many::<OsString>(options::FILES) {
+            Some(s) => s.cloned().collect(),
+            None => vec![OsString::from("-")],
         };
 
         Ok(Self {
@@ -283,16 +283,18 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::FILES)
                 .action(ArgAction::Append)
                 .hide(true)
-                .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath),
+                .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath)
+                .value_parser(clap::value_parser!(OsString)),
         )
 }
 
-fn open(path: &str) -> UResult<BufReader<Box<dyn Read + 'static>>> {
+fn open(path: &OsString) -> UResult<BufReader<Box<dyn Read + 'static>>> {
     let file_buf;
     if path == "-" {
         Ok(BufReader::new(Box::new(stdin()) as Box<dyn Read>))
     } else {
-        file_buf = File::open(path).map_err_context(|| path.to_string())?;
+        let path_ref = Path::new(path);
+        file_buf = File::open(path_ref).map_err_context(|| path.to_string_lossy().to_string())?;
         Ok(BufReader::new(Box::new(file_buf) as Box<dyn Read>))
     }
 }
@@ -446,7 +448,7 @@ fn expand(options: &Options) -> UResult<()> {
         if Path::new(file).is_dir() {
             show_error!(
                 "{}",
-                translate!("expand-error-is-directory", "file" => file)
+                translate!("expand-error-is-directory", "file" => file.to_string_lossy())
             );
             set_exit_code(1);
             continue;
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_expand.rs b/tests/by-util/test_expand.rs
index 799feb4a3..741aad366 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_expand.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_expand.rs
@@ -426,3 +426,19 @@ fn test_nonexisting_file() {
         .stderr_contains("expand: nonexistent: No such file or directory")
         .stdout_contains_line("// !note: file contains significant whitespace");
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn test_expand_non_utf8_paths() {
+    use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStringExt;
+    use uutests::at_and_ucmd;
+
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+
+    let filename = std::ffi::OsString::from_vec(vec![0xFF, 0xFE]);
+    std::fs::write(at.plus(&filename), b"hello\tworld\ntest\tline\n").unwrap();
+
+    ucmd.arg(&filename)
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_is("hello   world\ntest    line\n");
+}