diff --git a/src/uniq/uniq.rs b/src/uniq/uniq.rs
index 0c1200a25..aa1951613 100644
--- a/src/uniq/uniq.rs
+++ b/src/uniq/uniq.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ struct Uniq {
     slice_start: Option<usize>,
     slice_stop: Option<usize>,
     ignore_case: bool,
+    zero_terminated: bool,
 }
 
 impl Uniq {
@@ -41,9 +42,10 @@ impl Uniq {
         let mut lines: Vec<String> = vec!();
         let mut first_line_printed = false;
         let delimiters = &self.delimiters[..];
+        let line_terminator = self.get_line_terminator();
 
-        for io_line in reader.lines() {
-            let line = crash_if_err!(1, io_line);
+        for io_line in reader.split(line_terminator) {
+            let line = String::from_utf8(crash_if_err!(1, io_line)).unwrap();
             if !lines.is_empty() && self.cmp_key(&lines[0]) != self.cmp_key(&line) {
                 let print_delimiter = delimiters == "prepend" || (delimiters == "separate" && first_line_printed);
                 first_line_printed |= self.print_lines(writer, &lines, print_delimiter);
@@ -80,6 +82,14 @@ impl Uniq {
         }
     }
 
+    fn get_line_terminator(&self) -> u8 {
+        if self.zero_terminated {
+            0
+        } else {
+            '\n' as u8
+        }
+    }
+
     fn cmp_key(&self, line: &str) -> String {
         let fields_to_check = &self.skip_fields(line);
         let len = fields_to_check.len();
@@ -116,8 +126,10 @@ impl Uniq {
     }
 
     fn print_line<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut BufWriter<W>, line: &str, count: usize, print_delimiter: bool) {
+        let line_terminator = self.get_line_terminator();
+
         if print_delimiter {
-            crash_if_err!(1, writer.write_all(&['\n' as u8]));
+            crash_if_err!(1, writer.write_all(&[line_terminator]));
         }
 
         crash_if_err!(1, if self.show_counts {
@@ -125,7 +137,7 @@ impl Uniq {
         } else {
             writer.write_all(line.as_bytes())
         });
-        crash_if_err!(1, writer.write_all("\n".as_bytes()));
+        crash_if_err!(1, writer.write_all(&[line_terminator]));
     }
 }
 
@@ -153,6 +165,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     opts.optopt("w", "check-chars", "compare no more than N characters in lines", "N");
     opts.optflag("i", "ignore-case", "ignore differences in case when comparing");
     opts.optflag("u", "unique", "only print unique lines");
+    opts.optflag("z", "zero-terminated", "end lines with 0 byte, not newline");
     opts.optflag("h", "help", "display this help and exit");
     opts.optflag("V", "version", "output version information and exit");
 
@@ -202,6 +215,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
             slice_start: opt_parsed("skip-chars", &matches),
             slice_stop: opt_parsed("check-chars", &matches),
             ignore_case: matches.opt_present("ignore-case"),
+            zero_terminated: matches.opt_present("zero-terminated"),
         };
         uniq.print_uniq(&mut open_input_file(in_file_name),
                         &mut open_output_file(out_file_name));
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/uniq/sorted-zero-terminated.expected b/tests/fixtures/uniq/sorted-zero-terminated.expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94081d364
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/uniq/sorted-zero-terminated.txt b/tests/fixtures/uniq/sorted-zero-terminated.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..588f7b076
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diff --git a/tests/test_uniq.rs b/tests/test_uniq.rs
index 5a13cfe4d..f7cf42d45 100644
--- a/tests/test_uniq.rs
+++ b/tests/test_uniq.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ fn new_ucmd() -> UCommand {
 static INPUT: &'static str = "sorted.txt";
 static SKIP_CHARS: &'static str = "skip-chars.txt";
 static SKIP_FIELDS: &'static str = "skip-fields.txt";
+static SORTED_ZERO_TERMINATED: &'static str = "sorted-zero-terminated.txt";
 
 #[test]
 fn test_stdin_default() {
@@ -92,3 +93,10 @@ fn test_stdin_repeated_only() {
         .args(&["-d"]).pipe_in_fixture(INPUT)
         .run().stdout_is_fixture("sorted-repeated-only.expected");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_stdin_zero_terminated() {
+    new_ucmd()
+        .args(&["-z"]).pipe_in_fixture(SORTED_ZERO_TERMINATED)
+        .run().stdout_is_fixture("sorted-zero-terminated.expected");
+}
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