diff --git a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
index ed65cb659..1b560553f 100644
--- a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
+++ b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
 
             if let Err(e) = File::create(path) {
                 show_warning!("cannot touch '{}': {}", path, e);
+                error_code = 1;
                 continue;
             };
 
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs b/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
index cd780f670..c861a50dd 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
@@ -459,3 +459,10 @@ fn test_touch_system_fails() {
         .fails()
         .stderr_contains("setting times of '/'");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_touch_trailing_slash() {
+    let (_at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    let file = "no-file/";
+    ucmd.args(&[file]).fails();
+}