diff --git a/mkmain.rs b/mkmain.rs
index 9270b5390..f065ea8b2 100644
--- a/mkmain.rs
+++ b/mkmain.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use uu_@UTIL_CRATE@::uumain;
 fn main() {
     uucore::panic::install_sigpipe_hook();
 
-    let code = uumain(std::env::args().collect());
+    let code = uumain(uucore::args().collect());
     // Since stdout is line-buffered by default, we need to ensure any pending
     // writes are flushed before exiting. Ideally, this should be enforced by
     // each utility.
diff --git a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
index 3a5a09a66..c4fda8c07 100644
--- a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ failure_derive = { version = "0.1.1", optional = true }
 time = { version = "0.1.40", optional = true }
 data-encoding = { version = "^2.1", optional = true }
 libc = { version = "0.2.42", optional = true }
+wild = "1.0.1"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "redox")'.dependencies]
 termion = "1.5"
diff --git a/src/uucore/lib.rs b/src/uucore/lib.rs
index bfa111564..8cc7494fe 100644
--- a/src/uucore/lib.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+extern crate wild;
+
+pub fn args() -> Box<Iterator<Item=String>> {
+    Box::new( wild::args().map(|s| s.into_string().unwrap()) )
+}
+
+pub fn args_os() -> Box<Iterator<Item=std::ffi::OsString>> {
+    Box::new( wild::args() )
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "libc")]
 pub extern crate libc;
 #[cfg(feature = "winapi")]
diff --git a/src/uutils/uutils.rs b/src/uutils/uutils.rs
index 59a2d7a40..7ee823dad 100644
--- a/src/uutils/uutils.rs
+++ b/src/uutils/uutils.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/uutils_crates.rs"));
 
 use std::collections::hash_map::HashMap;
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::env;
 use std::io::Write;
 
 extern crate uucore;
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ fn main() {
     uucore::panic::install_sigpipe_hook();
 
     let umap = util_map();
-    let mut args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
+    let mut args: Vec<String> = uucore::args().collect();
 
     // try binary name as util name.
     let args0 = args[0].clone();