diff --git a/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs b/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
index 0c807c8c481..ca0badae5ca 100644
--- a/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) fname, algo
+use clap::builder::ValueParser;
 use clap::{crate_version, value_parser, Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use std::ffi::OsStr;
+use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{self, stdin, stdout, BufReader, Read, Write};
 use std::iter;
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ fn prompt_asterisk(tag: bool, binary: bool, had_reset: bool) -> bool {
  * Don't do it with clap because if it struggling with the --overrides_with
  * marking the value as set even if not present
  */
-fn had_reset(args: &[String]) -> bool {
+fn had_reset(args: &[OsString]) -> bool {
     // Indices where "--binary" or "-b", "--tag", and "--untagged" are found
     let binary_index = args.iter().position(|x| x == "--binary" || x == "-b");
     let tag_index = args.iter().position(|x| x == "--tag");
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ fn handle_tag_text_binary_flags(matches: &clap::ArgMatches) -> UResult<(bool, bo
 
     let binary_flag: bool = matches.get_flag(options::BINARY);
 
-    let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
+    let args: Vec<OsString> = std::env::args_os().collect();
     let had_reset = had_reset(&args);
 
     let asterisk: bool = prompt_asterisk(tag, binary_flag, had_reset);
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
         // Execute the checksum validation based on the presence of files or the use of stdin
 
-        let files = matches.get_many::<String>(options::FILE).map_or_else(
+        let files = matches.get_many::<OsString>(options::FILE).map_or_else(
             || iter::once(OsStr::new("-")).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
             |files| files.map(OsStr::new).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
         );
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         asterisk,
     };
 
-    match matches.get_many::<String>(options::FILE) {
+    match matches.get_many::<OsString>(options::FILE) {
         Some(files) => cksum(opts, files.map(OsStr::new))?,
         None => cksum(opts, iter::once(OsStr::new("-")))?,
     };
@@ -356,6 +357,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             Arg::new(options::FILE)
                 .hide(true)
                 .action(clap::ArgAction::Append)
+                .value_parser(ValueParser::os_string())
                 .value_hint(clap::ValueHint::FilePath),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -469,61 +471,62 @@ mod tests {
     use super::had_reset;
     use crate::calculate_blake2b_length;
     use crate::prompt_asterisk;
+    use std::ffi::OsString;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_had_reset() {
         let args = ["--binary", "--tag", "--untagged"]
             .iter()
-            .map(|&s| s.to_string())
-            .collect::<Vec<String>>();
+            .map(|&s| s.into())
+            .collect::<Vec<OsString>>();
         assert!(had_reset(&args));
 
         let args = ["-b", "--tag", "--untagged"]
             .iter()
-            .map(|&s| s.to_string())
-            .collect::<Vec<String>>();
+            .map(|&s| s.into())
+            .collect::<Vec<OsString>>();
         assert!(had_reset(&args));
 
         let args = ["-b", "--binary", "--tag", "--untagged"]
             .iter()
-            .map(|&s| s.to_string())
-            .collect::<Vec<String>>();
+            .map(|&s| s.into())
+            .collect::<Vec<OsString>>();
         assert!(had_reset(&args));
 
         let args = ["--untagged", "--tag", "--binary"]
             .iter()
-            .map(|&s| s.to_string())
-            .collect::<Vec<String>>();
+            .map(|&s| s.into())
+            .collect::<Vec<OsString>>();
         assert!(!had_reset(&args));
 
         let args = ["--untagged", "--tag", "-b"]
             .iter()
-            .map(|&s| s.to_string())
-            .collect::<Vec<String>>();
+            .map(|&s| s.into())
+            .collect::<Vec<OsString>>();
         assert!(!had_reset(&args));
 
         let args = ["--binary", "--tag"]
             .iter()
-            .map(|&s| s.to_string())
-            .collect::<Vec<String>>();
+            .map(|&s| s.into())
+            .collect::<Vec<OsString>>();
         assert!(!had_reset(&args));
 
         let args = ["--tag", "--untagged"]
             .iter()
-            .map(|&s| s.to_string())
-            .collect::<Vec<String>>();
+            .map(|&s| s.into())
+            .collect::<Vec<OsString>>();
         assert!(!had_reset(&args));
 
         let args = ["--text", "--untagged"]
             .iter()
-            .map(|&s| s.to_string())
-            .collect::<Vec<String>>();
+            .map(|&s| s.into())
+            .collect::<Vec<OsString>>();
         assert!(!had_reset(&args));
 
         let args = ["--binary", "--untagged"]
             .iter()
-            .map(|&s| s.to_string())
-            .collect::<Vec<String>>();
+            .map(|&s| s.into())
+            .collect::<Vec<OsString>>();
         assert!(!had_reset(&args));
     }