diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c11a8df15..5aea9e268 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ build = "build.rs"
 unix = [
   "arch",
   "chmod",
+  "chown",
   "chroot",
   "du",
   "groups",
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ base64   = { optional=true, path="src/base64" }
 basename = { optional=true, path="src/basename" }
 cat      = { optional=true, path="src/cat" }
 chmod    = { optional=true, path="src/chmod" }
+chown    = { optional=true, path="src/chown" }
 chroot   = { optional=true, path="src/chroot" }
 cksum    = { optional=true, path="src/cksum" }
 comm     = { optional=true, path="src/comm" }
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 96d031899..f43ddbb9d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ PROGS       := \
 UNIX_PROGS := \
   arch \
   chmod \
+  chown \
   chroot \
   du \
   groups \
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ TEST_PROGS  := \
 	basename \
 	cat \
 	chmod \
+	chown \
 	cksum \
 	comm \
 	cp \
diff --git a/src/chown/Cargo.toml b/src/chown/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a17692dc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/chown/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+[package]
+name = "chown"
+version = "0.0.1"
+authors = []
+
+[lib]
+name = "uu_chown"
+path = "chown.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+getopts = "*"
+glob = "*"
+libc = "*"
+uucore = { path="../uucore" }
+walkdir = "0.1"
+
+[dependencies.clippy]
+version = "*"
+optional = true
+
+[features]
+default = []
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "chown"
+path = "main.rs"
diff --git a/src/chown/chown.rs b/src/chown/chown.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79ff80b4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/chown/chown.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,497 @@
+#![crate_name = "uu_chown"]
+
+// 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.
+//
+
+#![cfg_attr(feature="clippy", feature(plugin))]
+#![cfg_attr(feature="clippy", plugin(clippy))]
+
+extern crate libc;
+use libc::{uid_t, gid_t, c_char, c_int};
+
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate uucore;
+
+extern crate getopts;
+use getopts::Options;
+
+extern crate walkdir;
+use walkdir::WalkDir;
+
+pub mod passwd;
+
+use std::fs::{self, Metadata};
+use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
+
+use std::io::{self, Write};
+use std::io::Result as IOResult;
+
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::convert::AsRef;
+
+use std::ffi::CString;
+use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
+
+static NAME: &'static str = "chown";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+
+const FTS_COMFOLLOW: u8 = 1;
+const FTS_PHYSICAL: u8 = 1 << 1;
+const FTS_LOGICAL: u8 = 1 << 2;
+
+extern "C" {
+    #[cfg_attr(all(target_os = "macos", target_arch = "x86"), link_name = "lchown$UNIX2003")]
+    pub fn lchown(path: *const c_char, uid: uid_t, gid: gid_t) -> c_int;
+}
+
+pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
+    let mut opts = Options::new();
+
+    opts.optflag("c",
+                 "changes",
+                 "like verbose but report only when a change is made");
+    opts.optflag("f", "silent", "");
+    opts.optflag("", "quiet", "suppress most error messages");
+    opts.optflag("v",
+                 "verbose",
+                 "output a diagnostic for every file processed");
+    opts.optflag("", "dereference", "affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the default), rather than the symbolic link itself");
+    opts.optflag("h", "no-dereference", "affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file (useful only on systems that can change the ownership of a symlink)");
+
+    opts.optopt("", "from", "change the owner and/or group of each file only if its current owner and/or group match those specified here. Either may be omitted, in which case a match is not required for the omitted attribute", "CURRENT_OWNER:CURRENT_GROUP");
+    opts.optopt("",
+                "reference",
+                "use RFILE's owner and group rather than specifying OWNER:GROUP values",
+                "RFILE");
+
+    opts.optflag("",
+                 "no-preserve-root",
+                 "do not treat '/' specially (the default)");
+    opts.optflag("", "preserve-root", "fail to operate recursively on '/'");
+
+    opts.optflag("R",
+                 "recursive",
+                 "operate on files and directories recursively");
+    opts.optflag("H",
+                 "",
+                 "if a command line argument is a symbolic link to a directory, traverse it");
+    opts.optflag("L",
+                 "",
+                 "traverse every symbolic link to a directory encountered");
+    opts.optflag("P", "", "do not traverse any symbolic links (default)");
+
+    opts.optflag("", "help", "display this help and exit");
+    opts.optflag("", "version", "output version information and exit");
+
+    let matches = match opts.parse(&args[1..]) {
+        Ok(m) => m,
+        Err(f) => {
+            disp_err!("{}", f);
+            return 1;
+        }
+    };
+
+    let mut bit_flag = FTS_PHYSICAL;
+    let mut preserve_root = false;
+    let mut derefer = -1;
+    let flags: &[char] = &['H', 'L', 'P'];
+    for opt in &args {
+        match opt.as_str() {
+            // If more than one is specified, only the final one takes effect.
+            s if s.contains(flags) => {
+                if let Some(idx) = s.rfind(flags) {
+                    match s.chars().nth(idx).unwrap() {
+                        'H' => bit_flag = FTS_COMFOLLOW | FTS_PHYSICAL,
+                        'L' => bit_flag = FTS_LOGICAL,
+                        'P' => bit_flag = FTS_PHYSICAL,
+                        _ => (),
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            "--no-preserve-root" => preserve_root = false,
+            "--preserve-root" => preserve_root = true,
+            "--dereference" => derefer = 1,
+            "--no-dereference" => derefer = 0,
+            _ => (),
+        }
+    }
+
+    if matches.opt_present("help") {
+        return help();
+    } else if matches.opt_present("version") {
+        println!("{} {}", NAME, VERSION);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    let recursive = matches.opt_present("recursive");
+    if recursive {
+        if bit_flag == FTS_PHYSICAL {
+            if derefer == 1 {
+                show_info!("-R --dereference requires -H or -L");
+                return 1;
+            }
+            derefer = 0;
+        }
+    } else {
+        bit_flag = FTS_PHYSICAL;
+    }
+
+    let verbosity = if matches.opt_present("changes") {
+        Verbosity::Changes
+    } else if matches.opt_present("silent") || matches.opt_present("quiet") {
+        Verbosity::Silent
+    } else if matches.opt_present("verbose") {
+        Verbosity::Verbose
+    } else {
+        Verbosity::Normal
+    };
+
+    let filter = if let Some(spec) = matches.opt_str("from") {
+        match parse_spec(&spec) {
+            Ok((Some(uid), None)) => IfFrom::User(uid),
+            Ok((None, Some(gid))) => IfFrom::Group(gid),
+            Ok((Some(uid), Some(gid))) => IfFrom::UserGroup(uid, gid),
+            Ok((None, None)) => IfFrom::All,
+            Err(e) => {
+                show_info!("{}", e);
+                return 1;
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        IfFrom::All
+    };
+
+    if matches.free.len() < 1 {
+        disp_err!("missing operand");
+        return 1;
+    } else if matches.free.len() < 2 && !matches.opt_present("reference") {
+        disp_err!("missing operand after ‘{}’", matches.free[0]);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    let dest_uid: Option<u32>;
+    let dest_gid: Option<u32>;
+    if let Some(file) = matches.opt_str("reference") {
+        match fs::metadata(&file) {
+            Ok(meta) => {
+                dest_gid = Some(meta.gid());
+                dest_uid = Some(meta.uid());
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                show_info!("failed to get attributes of '{}': {}", file, e);
+                return 1;
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        match parse_spec(&matches.free[0]) {
+            Ok((u, g)) => {
+                dest_uid = u;
+                dest_gid = g;
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                show_info!("{}", e);
+                return 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    let mut files = matches.free;
+    files.remove(0);
+    let executor = Chowner {
+        bit_flag: bit_flag,
+        dest_uid: dest_uid,
+        dest_gid: dest_gid,
+        verbosity: verbosity,
+        recursive: recursive,
+        dereference: derefer != 0,
+        filter: filter,
+        preserve_root: preserve_root,
+        files: files,
+    };
+    executor.exec()
+}
+
+fn parse_spec(spec: &str) -> Result<(Option<u32>, Option<u32>), String> {
+    let args = spec.split(':').collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let usr_only = args.len() == 1;
+    let grp_only = args.len() == 2 && args[0].is_empty() && !args[1].is_empty();
+    let usr_grp = args.len() == 2 && !args[0].is_empty() && !args[1].is_empty();
+
+    if usr_only {
+        Ok((Some(match passwd::getuid(args[0]) {
+            Ok(uid) => uid,
+            Err(_) => return Err(format!("invalid user: ‘{}’", spec)),
+        }),
+            None))
+    } else if grp_only {
+        Ok((None,
+            Some(match passwd::getgid(args[1]) {
+            Ok(gid) => gid,
+            Err(_) => return Err(format!("invalid group: ‘{}’", spec)),
+        })))
+    } else if usr_grp {
+        Ok((Some(match passwd::getuid(args[0]) {
+            Ok(uid) => uid,
+            Err(_) => return Err(format!("invalid user: ‘{}’", spec)),
+        }),
+            Some(match passwd::getgid(args[1]) {
+            Ok(gid) => gid,
+            Err(_) => return Err(format!("invalid group: ‘{}’", spec)),
+        })))
+    } else {
+        Ok((None, None))
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(PartialEq, Debug)]
+enum Verbosity {
+    Silent,
+    Changes,
+    Verbose,
+    Normal,
+}
+
+enum IfFrom {
+    All,
+    User(u32),
+    Group(u32),
+    UserGroup(u32, u32),
+}
+
+struct Chowner {
+    dest_uid: Option<u32>,
+    dest_gid: Option<u32>,
+    bit_flag: u8,
+    verbosity: Verbosity,
+    filter: IfFrom,
+    files: Vec<String>,
+    recursive: bool,
+    preserve_root: bool,
+    dereference: bool,
+}
+
+macro_rules! unwrap {
+    ($m:expr, $e:ident, $err:block) => (
+        match $m {
+            Ok(meta) => meta,
+            Err($e) => $err,
+        }
+    )
+}
+
+impl Chowner {
+    fn exec(&self) -> i32 {
+        let mut ret = 0;
+        for f in &self.files {
+            if f == "/" && self.preserve_root && self.recursive {
+                show_info!("it is dangerous to operate recursively on '/'");
+                show_info!("use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe");
+                ret = 1;
+                continue;
+            }
+            ret |= self.traverse(f);
+        }
+        ret
+    }
+
+    fn chown<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, path: P, duid: uid_t, dgid: gid_t, follow: bool) -> IOResult<()> {
+        let path = path.as_ref();
+        let s = CString::new(path.as_os_str().as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        let ret = unsafe {
+            if follow {
+                libc::chown(s.as_ptr(), duid, dgid)
+            } else {
+                lchown(s.as_ptr(), duid, dgid)
+            }
+        };
+        if ret == 0 {
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            Err(io::Error::last_os_error())
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn traverse<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, root: P) -> i32 {
+        let follow_arg = self.dereference || self.bit_flag != FTS_PHYSICAL;
+        let path = root.as_ref();
+        let meta = match self.obtain_meta(path, follow_arg) {
+            Some(m) => m,
+            _ => return 1,
+        };
+
+        let ret = if self.matched(meta.uid(), meta.gid()) {
+            self.wrap_chown(path, &meta, follow_arg)
+        } else {
+            0
+        };
+
+        if !self.recursive {
+            return ret;
+        }
+
+        self.dive_into(&root)
+    }
+
+    fn dive_into<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, root: P) -> i32 {
+        let mut ret = 0;
+        let root = root.as_ref();
+        let follow = self.dereference || self.bit_flag & FTS_LOGICAL != 0;
+        for entry in WalkDir::new(root).follow_links(follow).min_depth(1) {
+            let entry = unwrap!(entry, e, {
+                ret = 1;
+                show_info!("{}", e);
+                continue;
+            });
+            let path = entry.path();
+            let meta = match self.obtain_meta(path, follow) {
+                Some(m) => m,
+                _ => {
+                    ret = 1;
+                    continue;
+                }
+            };
+
+            if !self.matched(meta.uid(), meta.gid()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            ret = self.wrap_chown(path, &meta, follow);
+        }
+        ret
+    }
+
+    fn obtain_meta<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, path: P, follow: bool) -> Option<Metadata> {
+        use self::Verbosity::*;
+        let path = path.as_ref();
+        let meta = if follow {
+            unwrap!(path.metadata(), e, {
+                match self.verbosity {
+                    Silent => (),
+                    _ => show_info!("cannot access '{}': {}", path.display(), e),
+                }
+                return None;
+            })
+        } else {
+            unwrap!(path.symlink_metadata(), e, {
+                match self.verbosity {
+                    Silent => (),
+                    _ => show_info!("cannot dereference '{}': {}", path.display(), e),
+                }
+                return None;
+            })
+        };
+        Some(meta)
+    }
+
+    fn wrap_chown<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, path: P, meta: &Metadata, follow: bool) -> i32 {
+        use self::Verbosity::*;
+        let mut ret = 0;
+        let dest_uid = self.dest_uid.unwrap_or(meta.uid());
+        let dest_gid = self.dest_gid.unwrap_or(meta.gid());
+        let path = path.as_ref();
+        if let Err(e) = self.chown(path, dest_uid, dest_gid, follow) {
+            match self.verbosity {
+                Silent => (),
+                _ => {
+                    show_info!("changing ownership of '{}': {}", path.display(), e);
+                    if self.verbosity == Verbose {
+                        println!("failed to change ownership of {} from {}:{} to {}:{}",
+                                 path.display(),
+                                 passwd::uid2usr(meta.uid()).unwrap(),
+                                 passwd::gid2grp(meta.gid()).unwrap(),
+                                 passwd::uid2usr(dest_uid).unwrap(),
+                                 passwd::gid2grp(dest_gid).unwrap());
+                    };
+                }
+            }
+            ret = 1;
+        } else {
+            let changed = dest_uid != meta.uid() || dest_gid != meta.gid();
+            if changed {
+                match self.verbosity {
+                    Changes | Verbose => {
+                        println!("changed ownership of {} from {}:{} to {}:{}",
+                                 path.display(),
+                                 passwd::uid2usr(meta.uid()).unwrap(),
+                                 passwd::gid2grp(meta.gid()).unwrap(),
+                                 passwd::uid2usr(dest_uid).unwrap(),
+                                 passwd::gid2grp(dest_gid).unwrap());
+                    }
+                    _ => (),
+                };
+            } else if self.verbosity == Verbose {
+                println!("ownership of {} retained as {}:{}",
+                         path.display(),
+                         passwd::uid2usr(dest_uid).unwrap(),
+                         passwd::gid2grp(dest_gid).unwrap());
+            }
+        }
+        ret
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn matched(&self, uid: uid_t, gid: gid_t) -> bool {
+        match self.filter {
+            IfFrom::All => true,
+            IfFrom::User(u) => u == uid,
+            IfFrom::Group(g) => g == gid,
+            IfFrom::UserGroup(u, g) => u == uid && g == gid,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn help() -> i32 {
+    println!(r#"
+Usage: {0} [OPTION]... [OWNER][:[GROUP]] FILE...
+  or:  {0} [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...
+Change the owner and/or group of each FILE to OWNER and/or GROUP.
+With --reference, change the owner and group of each FILE to those of RFILE.
+
+  -c, --changes          like verbose but report only when a change is made
+  -f, --silent, --quiet  suppress most error messages
+  -v, --verbose          output a diagnostic for every file processed
+      --dereference      affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is
+                         the default), rather than the symbolic link itself
+  -h, --no-dereference   affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file
+                         (useful only on systems that can change the
+                         ownership of a symlink)
+      --from=CURRENT_OWNER:CURRENT_GROUP
+                         change the owner and/or group of each file only if
+                         its current owner and/or group match those specified
+                         here.  Either may be omitted, in which case a match
+                         is not required for the omitted attribute
+      --no-preserve-root  do not treat '/' specially (the default)
+      --preserve-root    fail to operate recursively on '/'
+      --reference=RFILE  use RFILE's owner and group rather than
+                         specifying OWNER:GROUP values
+  -R, --recursive        operate on files and directories recursively
+
+The following options modify how a hierarchy is traversed when the -R
+option is also specified.  If more than one is specified, only the final
+one takes effect.
+
+  -H                     if a command line argument is a symbolic link
+                         to a directory, traverse it
+  -L                     traverse every symbolic link to a directory
+                         encountered
+  -P                     do not traverse any symbolic links (default)
+
+      --help     display this help and exit
+      --version  output version information and exit
+
+Owner is unchanged if missing.  Group is unchanged if missing, but changed
+to login group if implied by a ':' following a symbolic OWNER.
+OWNER and GROUP may be numeric as well as symbolic.
+
+Examples:
+  chown root /u        Change the owner of /u to "root".
+  chown root:staff /u  Likewise, but also change its group to "staff".
+  chown -hR root /u    Change the owner of /u and subfiles to "root".
+             "#,
+             NAME);
+    0
+}
diff --git a/src/chown/main.rs b/src/chown/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50aa0a15f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/chown/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+extern crate uu_chown;
+
+fn main() {
+    std::process::exit(uu_chown::uumain(std::env::args().collect()));
+}
diff --git a/src/chown/passwd.rs b/src/chown/passwd.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff0707228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/chown/passwd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// (c) Jian Zeng <Anonymousknight96@gmail.com>
+
+extern crate uucore;
+use self::uucore::c_types::{getpwuid, getpwnam, getgrgid, getgrnam};
+
+use std::ptr;
+use std::ffi::{CString, CStr};
+use std::io::Result as IOResult;
+use std::io::{ErrorKind, Error};
+
+macro_rules! gen_func {
+    ($fun:ident, $getid:ident, $getnm:ident, $field:ident) => (
+        pub fn $fun(name_or_id: &str) -> IOResult<u32> {
+            if let Ok(id) = name_or_id.parse::<u32>() {
+                let data = unsafe {
+                    $getid(id)
+                };
+                if !data.is_null() {
+                    return Ok(id);
+                } else {
+                    // last_os_error() returns success
+                    return Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::NotFound, format!("No such id `{}`", id)));
+                }
+            } else {
+                let name = CString::new(name_or_id).unwrap();
+                let data = unsafe {
+                    $getnm(name.as_ptr())
+                };
+                if !data.is_null() {
+                    return Ok(unsafe {
+                        ptr::read(data).$field
+                    });
+                } else {
+                    // last_os_error() returns success
+                    return Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::NotFound, format!("No such name `{}`", name_or_id)));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    );
+    ($fun:ident, $getid:ident, $field:ident) => (
+        pub fn $fun(id: u32) -> IOResult<String> {
+            let data = unsafe {
+                $getid(id)
+            };
+            if !data.is_null() {
+                Ok(unsafe {
+                    CStr::from_ptr(ptr::read(data).$field).to_string_lossy().into_owned()
+                })
+            } else {
+                Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::NotFound, format!("No such id `{}`", id)))
+            }
+        }
+    );
+}
+
+gen_func!(getuid, getpwuid, getpwnam, pw_uid);
+gen_func!(getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, gr_gid);
+gen_func!(uid2usr, getpwuid, pw_name);
+gen_func!(gid2grp, getgrgid, gr_name);
diff --git a/tests/test_chown.rs b/tests/test_chown.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d90f6b5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_chown.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+use common::util::*;
+
+extern crate uu_chown;
+pub use self::uu_chown::*;
+
+static UTIL_NAME: &'static str = "chown";
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test_passwd {
+    use super::passwd::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_getuid() {
+        assert_eq!(0, getuid("root").unwrap());
+        assert!(getuid("88888888").is_err());
+        assert!(getuid("auserthatdoesntexist").is_err());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_getgid() {
+        if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
+            assert_eq!(0, getgid("wheel").unwrap());
+        } else {
+            assert_eq!(0, getgid("root").unwrap());
+        }
+        assert!(getgid("88888888").is_err());
+        assert!(getgid("agroupthatdoesntexist").is_err());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_uid2usr() {
+        assert_eq!("root", uid2usr(0).unwrap());
+        assert!(uid2usr(88888888).is_err());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_gid2grp() {
+        if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
+            assert_eq!("wheel", gid2grp(0).unwrap());
+        } else {
+            assert_eq!("root", gid2grp(0).unwrap());
+        }
+        assert!(gid2grp(88888888).is_err());
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_invalid_option() {
+    let (_, mut ucmd) = testing(UTIL_NAME);
+    ucmd.arg("-w").arg("-q").arg("/");
+    ucmd.fails();
+}
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index aa8abf797..d867a934f 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ macro_rules! unix_only {
 }
 unix_only! {
     "chmod", test_chmod;
+    "chown", test_chown;
     "mv", test_mv;
     "pathchk", test_pathchk;
     "stdbuf", test_stdbuf;