diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c67505a6b..c88f9c23e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ unix = [
   "users",
 ]
 generic = [
+  "base32",
   "base64",
   "basename",
   "cat",
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ default = ["generic", "unix"]
 [dependencies]
 uucore   = { path="src/uucore" }
 arch     = { optional=true, path="src/arch" }
+base32   = { optional=true, path="src/base32" }
 base64   = { optional=true, path="src/base64" }
 basename = { optional=true, path="src/basename" }
 cat      = { optional=true, path="src/cat" }
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2283ccb96..d25342594 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ BUSYBOX_SRC:=$(BUSYBOX_ROOT)/busybox-$(BUSYBOX_VER)/
 
 # Possible programs
 PROGS       := \
+  base32 \
   base64 \
   basename \
   cat \
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ UTILS ?= $(PROGS)
 
 # Programs with usable tests
 TEST_PROGS  := \
+	base32 \
 	base64 \
 	basename \
 	cat \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 82f85f746..0ba042f1f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ To do
 
 - chcon
 - runcon
-- base32
 - md5sum
 - sha1sum
 - sha224sum
diff --git a/src/base32/Cargo.toml b/src/base32/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d0dd2171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/base32/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[package]
+name = "base32"
+version = "0.0.1"
+authors = []
+
+[lib]
+name = "uu_base32"
+path = "base32.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+getopts = "*"
+uucore = { path="../uucore" }
+
+[dependencies.clippy]
+version = "*"
+optional = true
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "base32"
+path = "main.rs"
diff --git a/src/base32/base32.rs b/src/base32/base32.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f65c19c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/base32/base32.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+// This file is part of the uutils coreutils package.
+//
+// (c) Jian Zeng <anonymousknight96@gmail.com>
+//
+// For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE file
+// that was distributed with this source code.
+//
+
+#![crate_name = "uu_base32"]
+
+extern crate getopts;
+
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate uucore;
+use uucore::encoding::{Data, Format, wrap_print};
+
+use getopts::Options;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::{BufReader, Read, stdin, Write};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+static NAME: &'static str = "base32";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+
+pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
+    let mut opts = Options::new();
+    opts.optflag("d", "decode", "decode data");
+    opts.optflag("i",
+                 "ignore-garbage",
+                 "when decoding, ignore non-alphabetic characters");
+    opts.optopt("w",
+                "wrap",
+                "wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76, 0 to disable wrapping)",
+                "COLS");
+    opts.optflag("", "help", "display this help text and exit");
+    opts.optflag("", "version", "output version information and exit");
+    let matches = match opts.parse(&args[1..]) {
+        Ok(m) => m,
+        Err(e) => {
+            disp_err!("{}", e);
+            return 1;
+        }
+    };
+
+    if matches.opt_present("help") {
+        return help(&opts);
+    } else if matches.opt_present("version") {
+        return version();
+    }
+
+    let line_wrap = match matches.opt_str("wrap") {
+        Some(s) => {
+            match s.parse() {
+                Ok(n) => n,
+                Err(e) => {
+                    crash!(1, "invalid wrap size: ‘{}’: {}", s, e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        None => 76,
+    };
+
+    if matches.free.len() > 1 {
+        disp_err!("extra operand ‘{}’", matches.free[0]);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    let input = if matches.free.is_empty() || &matches.free[0][..] == "-" {
+        BufReader::new(Box::new(stdin()) as Box<Read>)
+    } else {
+        let path = Path::new(matches.free[0].as_str());
+        let file_buf = safe_unwrap!(File::open(&path));
+        BufReader::new(Box::new(file_buf) as Box<Read>)
+    };
+
+    let mut data = Data::new(input, Format::Base32)
+        .line_wrap(line_wrap)
+        .ignore_garbage(matches.opt_present("ignore-garbage"));
+
+    if !matches.opt_present("decode") {
+        wrap_print(line_wrap, data.encode());
+    } else {
+        match data.decode() {
+            Ok(s) => print!("{}", String::from_utf8(s).unwrap()),
+            Err(_) => crash!(1, "invalid input"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    0
+}
+
+fn help(opts: &Options) -> i32 {
+    let msg = format!("Usage: {} [OPTION]... [FILE]\n\n\
+    Base32 encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard output.\n\
+    With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\n\
+    The data are encoded as described for the base32 alphabet in RFC \
+    4648.\nWhen decoding, the input may contain newlines in addition \
+    to the bytes of the formal\nbase32 alphabet. Use --ignore-garbage \
+    to attempt to recover from any other\nnon-alphabet bytes in the \
+    encoded stream.",
+                      NAME);
+
+    print!("{}", opts.usage(&msg));
+    0
+}
+
+fn version() -> i32 {
+    println!("{} {}", NAME, VERSION);
+    0
+}
diff --git a/src/base32/main.rs b/src/base32/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75bdf4530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/base32/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+extern crate uu_base32;
+
+fn main() {
+    std::process::exit(uu_base32::uumain(std::env::args().collect()));
+}
diff --git a/src/base64/Cargo.toml b/src/base64/Cargo.toml
index 0759de865..0da38e783 100644
--- a/src/base64/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/base64/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ path = "base64.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 getopts = "*"
-libc = "*"
-rustc-serialize = "*"
 uucore = { path="../uucore" }
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/src/base64/base64.rs b/src/base64/base64.rs
index d08746381..85b8f7bfa 100644
--- a/src/base64/base64.rs
+++ b/src/base64/base64.rs
@@ -1,149 +1,96 @@
 #![crate_name = "uu_base64"]
 
-/*
- * This file is part of the uutils coreutils package.
- *
- * (c) Jordy Dickinson <jordy.dickinson@gmail.com>
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE file
- * that was distributed with this source code.
- */
+// This file is part of the uutils coreutils package.
+//
+// (c) Jordy Dickinson <jordy.dickinson@gmail.com>
+// (c) Jian Zeng <anonymousknight96@gmail.com>
+//
+// For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE file
+// that was distributed with this source code.
+//
 
-extern crate rustc_serialize as serialize;
 extern crate getopts;
-extern crate libc;
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate uucore;
+use uucore::encoding::{Data, Format, wrap_print};
 
 use getopts::Options;
-use serialize::base64::{self, FromBase64, ToBase64};
-use std::ascii::AsciiExt;
-use std::error::Error;
 use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::{BufReader, Read, stdin, stdout, Write};
+use std::io::{BufReader, Read, stdin, Write};
 use std::path::Path;
 
-enum Mode {
-    Decode,
-    Encode,
-    Help,
-    Version
-}
-
 static NAME: &'static str = "base64";
 static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
-pub type FileOrStdReader = BufReader<Box<Read+'static>>;
-
 pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     let mut opts = Options::new();
     opts.optflag("d", "decode", "decode data");
-    opts.optflag("i", "ignore-garbage", "when decoding, ignore non-alphabetic characters");
-    opts.optopt("w", "wrap", "wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76, 0 to disable wrapping)", "COLS");
-    opts.optflag("h", "help", "display this help text and exit");
-    opts.optflag("V", "version", "output version information and exit");
+    opts.optflag("i",
+                 "ignore-garbage",
+                 "when decoding, ignore non-alphabetic characters");
+    opts.optopt("w",
+                "wrap",
+                "wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76, 0 to disable wrapping)",
+                "COLS");
+    opts.optflag("", "help", "display this help text and exit");
+    opts.optflag("", "version", "output version information and exit");
     let matches = match opts.parse(&args[1..]) {
         Ok(m) => m,
-        Err(e) => { crash!(1, "{}", e) }
+        Err(e) => {
+            disp_err!("{}", e);
+            return 1;
+        }
     };
 
-    let mode = if matches.opt_present("help") {
-        Mode::Help
+    if matches.opt_present("help") {
+        return help(&opts);
     } else if matches.opt_present("version") {
-        Mode::Version
-    } else if matches.opt_present("decode") {
-        Mode::Decode
-    } else {
-        Mode::Encode
-    };
-    let ignore_garbage = matches.opt_present("ignore-garbage");
+        return version();
+    }
+
     let line_wrap = match matches.opt_str("wrap") {
-        Some(s) => match s.parse() {
-            Ok(s) => s,
-            Err(e)=> {
-                crash!(1, "Argument to option 'wrap' improperly formatted: {}", e);
+        Some(s) => {
+            match s.parse() {
+                Ok(n) => n,
+                Err(e) => {
+                    crash!(1, "invalid wrap size: ‘{}’: {}", s, e);
+                }
             }
-        },
-        None => 76
-    };
-    let stdin_buf;
-    let file_buf;
-    let mut input = if matches.free.is_empty() || &matches.free[0][..] == "-" {
-        stdin_buf = stdin();
-        BufReader::new(Box::new(stdin_buf) as Box<Read+'static>)
-    } else {
-        let path = Path::new(&matches.free[0][..]);
-        file_buf = safe_unwrap!(File::open(&path));
-        BufReader::new(Box::new(file_buf) as Box<Read+'static>)
+        }
+        None => 76,
     };
 
-    match mode {
-        Mode::Decode  => decode(&mut input, ignore_garbage),
-        Mode::Encode  => encode(&mut input, line_wrap),
-        Mode::Help    => help(opts),
-        Mode::Version => version()
+    if matches.free.len() > 1 {
+        disp_err!("extra operand ‘{}’", matches.free[0]);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    let input = if matches.free.is_empty() || &matches.free[0][..] == "-" {
+        BufReader::new(Box::new(stdin()) as Box<Read>)
+    } else {
+        let path = Path::new(matches.free[0].as_str());
+        let file_buf = safe_unwrap!(File::open(&path));
+        BufReader::new(Box::new(file_buf) as Box<Read>)
+    };
+
+    let mut data = Data::new(input, Format::Base64)
+        .line_wrap(line_wrap)
+        .ignore_garbage(matches.opt_present("ignore-garbage"));
+
+    if !matches.opt_present("decode") {
+        wrap_print(line_wrap, data.encode());
+    } else {
+        match data.decode() {
+            Ok(s) => print!("{}", String::from_utf8(s).unwrap()),
+            Err(_) => crash!(1, "invalid input"),
+        }
     }
 
     0
 }
 
-fn decode(input: &mut FileOrStdReader, ignore_garbage: bool) {
-    let mut to_decode = String::new();
-    input.read_to_string(&mut to_decode).unwrap();
-
-    if ignore_garbage {
-        let mut clean = String::new();
-        clean.extend(to_decode.chars().filter(|&c| {
-            if !c.is_ascii() {
-                false
-            } else {
-                c >= 'a' && c <= 'z' ||
-                c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z' ||
-                c >= '0' && c <= '9' ||
-                c == '+' || c == '/'
-            }
-        }));
-        to_decode = clean;
-    }
-
-    match to_decode[..].from_base64() {
-        Ok(bytes) => {
-            let mut out = stdout();
-
-            match out.write_all(&bytes[..]) {
-                Ok(_) => {}
-                Err(f) => { crash!(1, "{}", f); }
-            }
-            match out.flush() {
-                Ok(_) => {}
-                Err(f) => { crash!(1, "{}", f); }
-            }
-        }
-        Err(s) => {
-            crash!(1, "{} ({:?})", s.description(), s);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-fn encode(input: &mut FileOrStdReader, line_wrap: usize) {
-    let b64_conf = base64::Config {
-        char_set: base64::Standard,
-        newline: base64::Newline::LF,
-        pad: true,
-        line_length: match line_wrap {
-            0 => None,
-            _ => Some(line_wrap)
-        }
-    };
-    let mut to_encode: Vec<u8> = vec!();
-    input.read_to_end(&mut to_encode).unwrap();
-    let encoded = to_encode.to_base64(b64_conf);
-
-    println!("{}", &encoded[..]);
-}
-
-fn help(opts: Options) {
+fn help(opts: &Options) -> i32 {
     let msg = format!("Usage: {} [OPTION]... [FILE]\n\n\
     Base64 encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard output.\n\
     With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\n\
@@ -151,11 +98,14 @@ fn help(opts: Options) {
     3548. When\ndecoding, the input may contain newlines in addition \
     to the bytes of the formal\nbase64 alphabet. Use --ignore-garbage \
     to attempt to recover from any other\nnon-alphabet bytes in the \
-    encoded stream.", NAME);
+    encoded stream.",
+                      NAME);
 
     print!("{}", opts.usage(&msg));
+    0
 }
 
-fn version() {
+fn version() -> i32 {
     println!("{} {}", NAME, VERSION);
+    0
 }
diff --git a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
index becf9c2c0..aeab77705 100644
--- a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ authors = []
 [dependencies]
 libc = "*"
 winapi = "*"
+data-encoding = "^1.1"
 
 [lib]
 path = "lib.rs"
diff --git a/src/uucore/encoding.rs b/src/uucore/encoding.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e2273c25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uucore/encoding.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+// This file is part of the uutils coreutils package.
+//
+// (c) Jian Zeng <anonymousknight96@gmail.com>
+//
+// For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+// file that was distributed with this source code.
+//
+
+extern crate data_encoding;
+use self::data_encoding::{base64, base32, decode};
+use std::io::Read;
+
+pub type DecodeResult = Result<Vec<u8>, decode::Error>;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+pub enum Format {
+    Base32,
+    Base64,
+}
+use self::Format::*;
+
+pub fn encode(f: Format, input: &[u8]) -> String {
+    match f {
+        Base32 => base32::encode(input),
+        Base64 => base64::encode(input),
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn decode(f: Format, input: &[u8]) -> DecodeResult {
+    match f {
+        Base32 => base32::decode(input),
+        Base64 => base64::decode(input),
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct Data<R: Read> {
+    line_wrap: usize,
+    ignore_garbage: bool,
+    input: R,
+    format: Format,
+    alphabet: &'static str,
+}
+
+impl<R: Read> Data<R> {
+    pub fn new(input: R, format: Format) -> Self {
+        Data {
+            line_wrap: 76,
+            ignore_garbage: false,
+            input: input,
+            format: format,
+            alphabet: match format {
+                Base32 => "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ234567=",
+                Base64 => "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789=+/",
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn line_wrap(mut self, wrap: usize) -> Self {
+        self.line_wrap = wrap;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn ignore_garbage(mut self, ignore: bool) -> Self {
+        self.ignore_garbage = ignore;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn decode(&mut self) -> DecodeResult {
+        let mut buf = String::new();
+        self.input.read_to_string(&mut buf).unwrap();
+        let clean = if self.ignore_garbage {
+            buf.chars()
+               .filter(|&c| self.alphabet.contains(c))
+               .collect::<String>()
+        } else {
+            buf.chars()
+               .filter(|&c| c != '\r' && c != '\n')
+               .collect::<String>()
+        };
+        decode(self.format, clean.as_bytes())
+    }
+
+    pub fn encode(&mut self) -> String {
+        let mut buf: Vec<u8> = vec![];
+        self.input.read_to_end(&mut buf).unwrap();
+        encode(self.format, buf.as_slice())
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn wrap_print(line_wrap: usize, res: String) {
+    if line_wrap == 0 {
+        return print!("{}", res);
+    }
+    use std::cmp::min;
+    let mut start = 0;
+    while start < res.len() {
+        let end = min(start + line_wrap, res.len());
+        println!("{}", &res[start..end]);
+        start = end;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/uucore/lib.rs b/src/uucore/lib.rs
index 00f9f924c..d61d93516 100644
--- a/src/uucore/lib.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ mod macros;
 pub mod fs;
 pub mod parse_time;
 pub mod utf8;
+pub mod encoding;
 
 #[cfg(unix)] pub mod c_types;
 #[cfg(unix)] pub mod process;
diff --git a/tests/test_base32.rs b/tests/test_base32.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51abe7e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_base32.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// This file is part of the uutils coreutils package.
+//
+// (c) Jian Zeng <anonymousknight96@gmail.com>
+//
+// For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE file
+// that was distributed with this source code.
+//
+
+use common::util::*;
+
+static UTIL_NAME: &'static str = "base32";
+fn new_ucmd() -> UCommand {
+    TestScenario::new(UTIL_NAME).ucmd()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_encode() {
+    let input = "Hello, World!";
+    new_ucmd()
+        .pipe_in(input)
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_only("JBSWY3DPFQQFO33SNRSCC===\n");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_decode() {
+    for decode_param in vec!["-d", "--decode"] {
+        let input = "JBSWY3DPFQQFO33SNRSCC===\n";
+        new_ucmd()
+            .arg(decode_param)
+            .pipe_in(input)
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_only("Hello, World!");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_garbage() {
+    let input = "aGVsbG8sIHdvcmxkIQ==\0";
+    new_ucmd()
+        .arg("-d")
+        .pipe_in(input)
+        .fails()
+        .stderr_only("base32: error: invalid input\n");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_ignore_garbage() {
+    for ignore_garbage_param in vec!["-i", "--ignore-garbage"] {
+        let input = "JBSWY\x013DPFQ\x02QFO33SNRSCC===\n";
+        new_ucmd()
+            .arg("-d")
+            .arg(ignore_garbage_param)
+            .pipe_in(input)
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_only("Hello, World!");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_wrap() {
+    for wrap_param in vec!["-w", "--wrap"] {
+        let input = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
+        new_ucmd()
+            .arg(wrap_param)
+            .arg("20")
+            .pipe_in(input)
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_only("KRUGKIDROVUWG2ZAMJZG\n653OEBTG66BANJ2W24DT\nEBXXMZLSEB2GQZJANRQX\nU6JAMRXWOLQ=\n");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_wrap_no_arg() {
+    for wrap_param in vec!["-w", "--wrap"] {
+        new_ucmd()
+            .arg(wrap_param)
+            .fails()
+            .stderr_only(format!("base32: Argument to option '{}' missing.\nTry 'base32 --help' for more information.\n",
+                                 if wrap_param == "-w" { "w" } else { "wrap" }));
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_wrap_bad_arg() {
+    for wrap_param in vec!["-w", "--wrap"] {
+        new_ucmd()
+            .arg(wrap_param).arg("b")
+            .fails()
+            .stderr_only("base32: error: invalid wrap size: ‘b’: invalid digit found in string\n");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_base64.rs b/tests/test_base64.rs
index 1d314c361..3425923bb 100644
--- a/tests/test_base64.rs
+++ b/tests/test_base64.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fn test_garbage() {
         .arg("-d")
         .pipe_in(input)
         .fails()
-        .stderr_only("base64: error: invalid character (Invalid character '0' at position 20)\n");
+        .stderr_only("base64: error: invalid input\n");
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -68,9 +68,8 @@ fn test_wrap_no_arg() {
         new_ucmd()
             .arg(wrap_param)
             .fails()
-            .stderr_only(
-                format!("base64: error: Argument to option '{}' missing.",
-                        if wrap_param == "-w" { "w" } else { "wrap" }));
+            .stderr_only(format!("base64: Argument to option '{}' missing.\nTry 'base64 --help' for more information.\n",
+                                 if wrap_param == "-w" { "w" } else { "wrap" }));
     }
 }
 
@@ -78,8 +77,9 @@ fn test_wrap_no_arg() {
 fn test_wrap_bad_arg() {
     for wrap_param in vec!["-w", "--wrap"] {
         new_ucmd()
-            .arg(wrap_param).arg("b")
+            .arg(wrap_param)
+            .arg("b")
             .fails()
-            .stderr_only("base64: error: Argument to option 'wrap' improperly formatted: invalid digit found in string");
+            .stderr_only("base64: error: invalid wrap size: ‘b’: invalid digit found in string\n");
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index 40059f299..b9145f8a0 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ macro_rules! generic {
     };
 }
 generic! {
+    "base32", test_base32;
     "base64", test_base64;
     "basename", test_basename;
     "cat", test_cat;