diff --git a/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs b/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
index f490bb11a8b..ab9deee4daf 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ enum Source {
 
     /// Input from a file.
     File(File),
+
+    /// Input from a named pipe, also known as a FIFO.
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    Fifo(File),
 }
 
 impl Source {
@@ -111,6 +115,8 @@ impl Source {
                 Err(e) => Err(e),
             },
             Self::File(f) => f.seek(io::SeekFrom::Start(n)),
+            #[cfg(unix)]
+            Self::Fifo(f) => io::copy(&mut f.take(n), &mut io::sink()),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -120,6 +126,8 @@ impl Read for Source {
         match self {
             Self::Stdin(stdin) => stdin.read(buf),
             Self::File(f) => f.read(buf),
+            #[cfg(unix)]
+            Self::Fifo(f) => f.read(buf),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -169,6 +177,20 @@ impl<'a> Input<'a> {
         }
         Ok(Self { src, settings })
     }
+
+    /// Instantiate this struct with the named pipe as a source.
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    fn new_fifo(filename: &Path, settings: &'a Settings) -> UResult<Self> {
+        let mut opts = OpenOptions::new();
+        opts.read(true);
+        #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
+        opts.custom_flags(make_linux_iflags(&settings.iflags).unwrap_or(0));
+        let mut src = Source::Fifo(opts.open(filename)?);
+        if settings.skip > 0 {
+            src.skip(settings.skip)?;
+        }
+        Ok(Self { src, settings })
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
@@ -889,6 +911,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     )?;
 
     let i = match settings.infile {
+        #[cfg(unix)]
+        Some(ref infile) if is_fifo(infile) => Input::new_fifo(Path::new(&infile), &settings)?,
         Some(ref infile) => Input::new_file(Path::new(&infile), &settings)?,
         None => Input::new_stdin(&settings)?,
     };
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs b/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
index 9bff11fda6e..94d974d1ab2 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
@@ -1453,3 +1453,36 @@ fn test_seek_output_fifo() {
     assert!(output.stdout.is_empty());
     assert_eq!(&output.stderr, b"1+0 records in\n1+0 records out\n");
 }
+
+/// Test that a skip on an input FIFO results in a read.
+#[test]
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+fn test_skip_input_fifo() {
+    let ts = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &ts.fixtures;
+    at.mkfifo("fifo");
+
+    // TODO When `dd` is a bit more advanced, we could use the uutils
+    // version of dd here as well.
+    let child = Command::new("dd")
+        .current_dir(&at.subdir)
+        .args([
+            "count=1",
+            "if=/dev/zero",
+            &format!("of={}", at.plus_as_string("fifo")),
+            "status=noxfer",
+        ])
+        .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+        .spawn()
+        .expect("failed to execute child process");
+
+    ts.ucmd()
+        .args(&["count=0", "skip=1", "if=fifo", "status=noxfer"])
+        .succeeds()
+        .stderr_only("0+0 records in\n0+0 records out\n");
+
+    let output = child.wait_with_output().unwrap();
+    assert!(output.status.success());
+    assert!(output.stdout.is_empty());
+    assert_eq!(&output.stderr, b"1+0 records in\n1+0 records out\n");
+}