diff --git a/src/uu/tail/src/follow/watch.rs b/src/uu/tail/src/follow/watch.rs
index 2e0fc651c..b74e5c108 100644
--- a/src/uu/tail/src/follow/watch.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tail/src/follow/watch.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ impl WatcherRx {
             Tested for notify::InotifyWatcher and for notify::PollWatcher.
             */
             if let Some(parent) = path.parent() {
-                #[allow(clippy::assigning_clones)]
+                // clippy::assigning_clones added with Rust 1.78
+                // Rust version = 1.76 on OpenBSD stable/7.5
+                #[cfg_attr(not(target_os = "openbsd"), allow(clippy::assigning_clones))]
                 if parent.is_dir() {
                     path = parent.to_owned();
                 } else {