diff --git a/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs b/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
index 9d8452b1e..20a22043c 100644
--- a/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
+++ b/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ fn handle_two_paths(source: &Path, target: &Path, opts: &Options) -> UResult<()>
         )
         .into());
     }
+
     if source.symlink_metadata().is_err() {
         return Err(if path_ends_with_terminator(source) {
             MvError::CannotStatNotADirectory(source.quote().to_string()).into()
@@ -336,6 +337,13 @@ fn handle_two_paths(source: &Path, target: &Path, opts: &Options) -> UResult<()>
         }
     }
 
+    if source.parent() == Some(target) {
+        return Err(
+            // use source twice to match GNU's error message
+            MvError::SameFile(source.quote().to_string(), source.quote().to_string()).into(),
+        );
+    }
+
     let target_is_dir = target.is_dir();
     let source_is_dir = source.is_dir();
 
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs b/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs
index 6ab989ee4..562e24754 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs
@@ -402,7 +402,23 @@ fn test_mv_same_file() {
     ucmd.arg(file_a)
         .arg(file_a)
         .fails()
-        .stderr_is(format!("mv: '{file_a}' and '{file_a}' are the same file\n",));
+        .stderr_is(format!("mv: '{file_a}' and '{file_a}' are the same file\n"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_mv_file_to_same_dir() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    let file = "a";
+    let dir = "dir";
+    let path = &format!("{dir}/{file}");
+
+    at.mkdir(dir);
+    at.touch(path);
+
+    ucmd.arg(path)
+        .arg(dir)
+        .fails()
+        .stderr_is(format!("mv: '{path}' and '{path}' are the same file\n"));
 }
 
 #[test]