diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
index 2ebd2fb973d..30255b4422f 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
@@ -569,10 +569,20 @@ impl Config {
         };
 
         let width = match options.value_of(options::WIDTH) {
-            Some(x) => match x.parse::<u16>() {
-                Ok(u) => u,
-                Err(_) => return Err(LsError::InvalidLineWidth(x.into()).into()),
-            },
+            Some(x) => {
+                if x.starts_with('0') && x.len() > 1 {
+                    // Read number as octal
+                    match u16::from_str_radix(x, 8) {
+                        Ok(v) => v,
+                        Err(_) => return Err(LsError::InvalidLineWidth(x.into()).into()),
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    match x.parse::<u16>() {
+                        Ok(u) => u,
+                        Err(_) => return Err(LsError::InvalidLineWidth(x.into()).into()),
+                    }
+                }
+            }
             None => match termsize::get() {
                 Some(size) => size.cols,
                 None => match std::env::var_os("COLUMNS") {
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
index db2c3d445f2..739fe8b4893 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
@@ -650,6 +650,21 @@ fn test_ls_width() {
             .stdout_only("test-width-1  test-width-2  test-width-3  test-width-4\n");
     }
 
+    for option in [
+        "-w 062",
+        "-w=062",
+        "--width=062",
+        "--width 062",
+        "--wid=062",
+    ] {
+        scene
+            .ucmd()
+            .args(&option.split(' ').collect::<Vec<_>>())
+            .arg("-C")
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_only("test-width-1  test-width-3\ntest-width-2  test-width-4\n");
+    }
+
     scene
         .ucmd()
         .arg("-w=bad")