diff --git a/src/uu/env/src/env.rs b/src/uu/env/src/env.rs
index 9fcdf84ea..baa3ca86c 100644
--- a/src/uu/env/src/env.rs
+++ b/src/uu/env/src/env.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate clap;
 
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate uucore;
+
 use clap::{App, AppSettings, Arg};
 use ini::Ini;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@ use std::env;
 use std::io::{self, Write};
 use std::iter::Iterator;
 use std::process::Command;
+use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
 
 const USAGE: &str = "env [OPTION]... [-] [NAME=VALUE]... [COMMAND [ARG]...]";
 const AFTER_HELP: &str = "\
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ fn parse_program_opt<'a>(opts: &mut Options<'a>, opt: &'a str) -> Result<(), i32
     }
 }
 
-fn load_config_file(opts: &mut Options) -> Result<(), i32> {
+fn load_config_file(opts: &mut Options) -> UResult<()> {
     // NOTE: config files are parsed using an INI parser b/c it's available and compatible with ".env"-style files
     //   ... * but support for actual INI files, although working, is not intended, nor claimed
     for &file in &opts.files {
@@ -157,7 +161,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
             .help("remove variable from the environment"))
 }
 
-fn run_env(args: impl uucore::Args) -> Result<(), i32> {
+fn run_env(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let app = uu_app();
     let matches = app.get_matches_from(args);
 
@@ -188,8 +192,10 @@ fn run_env(args: impl uucore::Args) -> Result<(), i32> {
         match env::set_current_dir(d) {
             Ok(()) => d,
             Err(error) => {
-                eprintln!("env: cannot change directory to \"{}\": {}", d, error);
-                return Err(125);
+                return Err(USimpleError::new(
+                    125,
+                    format!("cannot change directory to \"{}\": {}", d, error),
+                ));
             }
         };
     }
@@ -253,9 +259,9 @@ fn run_env(args: impl uucore::Args) -> Result<(), i32> {
 
         // FIXME: this should just use execvp() (no fork()) on Unix-like systems
         match Command::new(&*prog).args(args).status() {
-            Ok(exit) if !exit.success() => return Err(exit.code().unwrap()),
-            Err(ref err) if err.kind() == io::ErrorKind::NotFound => return Err(127),
-            Err(_) => return Err(126),
+            Ok(exit) if !exit.success() => return Err(exit.code().unwrap().into()),
+            Err(ref err) if err.kind() == io::ErrorKind::NotFound => return Err(127.into()),
+            Err(_) => return Err(126.into()),
             Ok(_) => (),
         }
     } else {
@@ -266,9 +272,7 @@ fn run_env(args: impl uucore::Args) -> Result<(), i32> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
-    match run_env(args) {
-        Ok(()) => 0,
-        Err(code) => code,
-    }
+#[uucore_procs::gen_uumain]
+pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
+    run_env(args)
 }