diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index 4f16408dd..255d11d5b 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ tempfile = "3.15.0"
 rand = { version = "0.9.0", features = ["small_rng"] }
 similar = "2.5.0"
 
-uucore = { path = "../src/uucore/" }
+uucore = { path = "../src/uucore/", features = ["parser"] }
 uu_date = { path = "../src/uu/date/" }
 uu_test = { path = "../src/uu/test/" }
 uu_expr = { path = "../src/uu/expr/" }
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_parse_glob.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_parse_glob.rs
index e235c0c9d..66e772959 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_parse_glob.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_parse_glob.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #![no_main]
 
 use libfuzzer_sys::fuzz_target;
-use uucore::parse_glob;
+use uucore::parser::parse_glob;
 
 fuzz_target!(|data: &[u8]| {
     if let Ok(s) = std::str::from_utf8(data) {
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_parse_size.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_parse_size.rs
index d032adf06..4e8d7e221 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_parse_size.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_parse_size.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #![no_main]
 
 use libfuzzer_sys::fuzz_target;
-use uucore::parse_size::parse_size_u64;
+use uucore::parser::parse_size::parse_size_u64;
 
 fuzz_target!(|data: &[u8]| {
     if let Ok(s) = std::str::from_utf8(data) {
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_parse_time.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_parse_time.rs
index a643c6d80..3aff82dc7 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_parse_time.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_parse_time.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #![no_main]
 
 use libfuzzer_sys::fuzz_target;
-use uucore::parse_time;
+use uucore::parser::parse_time;
 
 fuzz_target!(|data: &[u8]| {
     if let Ok(s) = std::str::from_utf8(data) {
diff --git a/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
index 2cb2df9e7..a6bab6ea8 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
   "entries",
   "fs",
   "fsxattr",
+  "parser",
   "perms",
   "mode",
   "update-control",
diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
index 356220f7d..d46b13396 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ use uucore::{backup_control, update_control};
 // requires these enum.
 pub use uucore::{backup_control::BackupMode, update_control::UpdateMode};
 use uucore::{
-    format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage, prompt_yes,
-    shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser, show_error, show_warning,
+    format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage,
+    parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser, prompt_yes, show_error, show_warning,
 };
 
 use crate::copydir::copy_directory;
diff --git a/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
index cb5fbbf8c..f9d96c605 100644
--- a/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ path = "src/date.rs"
 [dependencies]
 chrono = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["custom-tz-fmt"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["custom-tz-fmt", "parser"] }
 parse_datetime = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
index f1e45561f..c305e2548 100644
--- a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
+++ b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_usage, show};
 #[cfg(windows)]
 use windows_sys::Win32::{Foundation::SYSTEMTIME, System::SystemInformation::SetSystemTime};
 
-use uucore::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
+use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
 
 // Options
 const DATE: &str = "date";
diff --git a/src/uu/dd/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/dd/Cargo.toml
index 7ad694778..9a34631f2 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/dd/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ path = "src/dd.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 gcd = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["format", "quoting-style"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["format", "parser", "quoting-style"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs.rs b/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs.rs
index 32242004d..8d75e2a2a 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dd/src/parseargs.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use crate::conversion_tables::ConversionTable;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::UError;
-use uucore::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, Parser as SizeParser};
+use uucore::parser::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, Parser as SizeParser};
 use uucore::show_warning;
 
 /// Parser Errors describe errors with parser input
diff --git a/src/uu/df/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/df/Cargo.toml
index 8e2560854..61a7e8377 100644
--- a/src/uu/df/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/df/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ path = "src/df.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["libc", "fsext"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["libc", "fsext", "parser"] }
 unicode-width = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/df/src/blocks.rs b/src/uu/df/src/blocks.rs
index c5493cfd2..82f0d4bd5 100644
--- a/src/uu/df/src/blocks.rs
+++ b/src/uu/df/src/blocks.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use std::{env, fmt};
 
 use uucore::{
     display::Quotable,
-    parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64},
+    parser::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64},
 };
 
 /// The first ten powers of 1024.
diff --git a/src/uu/df/src/df.rs b/src/uu/df/src/df.rs
index 04bb99a49..517673b7b 100644
--- a/src/uu/df/src/df.rs
+++ b/src/uu/df/src/df.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use table::HeaderMode;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UError, UResult, USimpleError};
 use uucore::fsext::{MountInfo, read_fs_list};
-use uucore::parse_size::ParseSizeError;
+use uucore::parser::parse_size::ParseSizeError;
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage, show};
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command, parser::ValueSource};
diff --git a/src/uu/dircolors/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/dircolors/Cargo.toml
index 380259fa7..ffa0ade1f 100644
--- a/src/uu/dircolors/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/dircolors/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ path = "src/dircolors.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["colors"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["colors", "parser"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "dircolors"
diff --git a/src/uu/dircolors/src/dircolors.rs b/src/uu/dircolors/src/dircolors.rs
index 457df666e..108049129 100644
--- a/src/uu/dircolors/src/dircolors.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dircolors/src/dircolors.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use uucore::colors::{FILE_ATTRIBUTE_CODES, FILE_COLORS, FILE_TYPES, TERMS};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
-use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage, parse_glob};
+use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage, parser::parse_glob};
 
 mod options {
     pub const BOURNE_SHELL: &str = "bourne-shell";
diff --git a/src/uu/du/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/du/Cargo.toml
index 6494054a6..5bceda4b1 100644
--- a/src/uu/du/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/du/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ chrono = { workspace = true }
 # For the --exclude & --exclude-from options
 glob = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["format"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["format", "parser"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/uu/du/src/du.rs b/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
index d87383db2..af5205435 100644
--- a/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
+++ b/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::{Quotable, print_verbatim};
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UError, UResult, USimpleError, set_exit_code};
 use uucore::line_ending::LineEnding;
-use uucore::parse_glob;
-use uucore::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64};
-use uucore::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
+use uucore::parser::parse_glob;
+use uucore::parser::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64};
+use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage, show, show_error, show_warning};
 #[cfg(windows)]
 use windows_sys::Win32::Foundation::HANDLE;
diff --git a/src/uu/head/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/head/Cargo.toml
index da3b69ecc..d1fc4bc15 100644
--- a/src/uu/head/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/head/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ path = "src/head.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 memchr = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["ringbuffer", "lines", "fs"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
+  "parser",
+  "ringbuffer",
+  "lines",
+  "fs",
+] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "head"
diff --git a/src/uu/head/src/parse.rs b/src/uu/head/src/parse.rs
index c2729ca89..097599bc2 100644
--- a/src/uu/head/src/parse.rs
+++ b/src/uu/head/src/parse.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
 use std::ffi::OsString;
-use uucore::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64};
+use uucore::parser::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64};
 
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
 pub enum ParseError {
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
index 00963e269..e8f9a14ec 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
   "format",
   "fs",
   "fsxattr",
+  "parser",
   "quoting-style",
   "version-cmp",
 ] }
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
index 21aecfd27..e293580ed 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
@@ -63,11 +63,13 @@ use uucore::{
     format_usage,
     fs::display_permissions,
     os_str_as_bytes_lossy,
-    parse_size::parse_size_u64,
-    shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser,
+    parser::parse_size::parse_size_u64,
+    parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser,
     version_cmp::version_cmp,
 };
-use uucore::{help_about, help_section, help_usage, parse_glob, show, show_error, show_warning};
+use uucore::{
+    help_about, help_section, help_usage, parser::parse_glob, show, show_error, show_warning,
+};
 
 mod dired;
 use dired::{DiredOutput, is_dired_arg_present};
diff --git a/src/uu/numfmt/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/numfmt/Cargo.toml
index 0bad48915..0b121f1f6 100644
--- a/src/uu/numfmt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/numfmt/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ path = "src/numfmt.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["ranges"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser", "ranges"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/src/uu/numfmt/src/numfmt.rs b/src/uu/numfmt/src/numfmt.rs
index 903f39a10..b024e99b7 100644
--- a/src/uu/numfmt/src/numfmt.rs
+++ b/src/uu/numfmt/src/numfmt.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 use units::{IEC_BASES, SI_BASES};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::UResult;
+use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
 use uucore::ranges::Range;
-use uucore::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage, show, show_error};
 
 pub mod errors;
diff --git a/src/uu/od/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/od/Cargo.toml
index 21942ae15..dcae75171 100644
--- a/src/uu/od/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/od/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ path = "src/od.rs"
 byteorder = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 half = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "od"
diff --git a/src/uu/od/src/od.rs b/src/uu/od/src/od.rs
index e92452d60..818815d34 100644
--- a/src/uu/od/src/od.rs
+++ b/src/uu/od/src/od.rs
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ use clap::ArgAction;
 use clap::{Arg, ArgMatches, Command, parser::ValueSource};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
-use uucore::parse_size::ParseSizeError;
-use uucore::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
+use uucore::parser::parse_size::ParseSizeError;
+use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage, show_error, show_warning};
 
 const PEEK_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 4; // utf-8 can be 4 bytes
diff --git a/src/uu/od/src/parse_nrofbytes.rs b/src/uu/od/src/parse_nrofbytes.rs
index d4aabad26..241e1c6e7 100644
--- a/src/uu/od/src/parse_nrofbytes.rs
+++ b/src/uu/od/src/parse_nrofbytes.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
-use uucore::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64};
+use uucore::parser::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64};
 
 pub fn parse_number_of_bytes(s: &str) -> Result<u64, ParseSizeError> {
     let mut start = 0;
diff --git a/src/uu/seq/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/seq/Cargo.toml
index fa20defe0..f90c039cd 100644
--- a/src/uu/seq/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/seq/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ thiserror = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
   "extendedbigdecimal",
   "format",
+  "parser",
   "quoting-style",
 ] }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/seq/src/numberparse.rs b/src/uu/seq/src/numberparse.rs
index c8f0bee67..7e6d3adc8 100644
--- a/src/uu/seq/src/numberparse.rs
+++ b/src/uu/seq/src/numberparse.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 //! [`PreciseNumber`] struct.
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
-use uucore::format::num_parser::{ExtendedParser, ExtendedParserError};
+use uucore::parser::num_parser::{ExtendedParser, ExtendedParserError};
 
 use crate::number::PreciseNumber;
 use uucore::extendedbigdecimal::ExtendedBigDecimal;
diff --git a/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml
index 3bc25dac1..e8e901a29 100644
--- a/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ path = "src/shred.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 rand = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser"] }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/src/uu/shred/src/shred.rs b/src/uu/shred/src/shred.rs
index d45a2b7b3..d62f25dd4 100644
--- a/src/uu/shred/src/shred.rs
+++ b/src/uu/shred/src/shred.rs
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ use std::os::unix::prelude::PermissionsExt;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
-use uucore::parse_size::parse_size_u64;
-use uucore::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
+use uucore::parser::parse_size::parse_size_u64;
+use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage, show_error, show_if_err};
 
 const ABOUT: &str = help_about!("shred.md");
diff --git a/src/uu/sort/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/sort/Cargo.toml
index 71a52b15c..4e87db3df 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/sort/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ self_cell = { workspace = true }
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 unicode-width = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs", "version-cmp"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs", "parser", "version-cmp"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 nix = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
index 87b0fa7b5..61cce7830 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::strip_errno;
 use uucore::error::{UError, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError, set_exit_code};
 use uucore::line_ending::LineEnding;
-use uucore::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, Parser};
-use uucore::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
+use uucore::parser::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, Parser};
+use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
 use uucore::version_cmp::version_cmp;
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage, show_error};
 
diff --git a/src/uu/split/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/split/Cargo.toml
index 47b200bca..1bcfcb0c1 100644
--- a/src/uu/split/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/split/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ path = "src/split.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 memchr = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs", "parser"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/src/uu/split/src/split.rs b/src/uu/split/src/split.rs
index e7321d533..9a69d3173 100644
--- a/src/uu/split/src/split.rs
+++ b/src/uu/split/src/split.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UIoError, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
-use uucore::parse_size::parse_size_u64;
+use uucore::parser::parse_size::parse_size_u64;
 
 use uucore::uio_error;
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage};
diff --git a/src/uu/split/src/strategy.rs b/src/uu/split/src/strategy.rs
index 7c0d182a1..be02de734 100644
--- a/src/uu/split/src/strategy.rs
+++ b/src/uu/split/src/strategy.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use clap::{ArgMatches, parser::ValueSource};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use uucore::{
     display::Quotable,
-    parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64, parse_size_u64_max},
+    parser::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64, parse_size_u64_max},
 };
 
 /// Sub-strategy of the [`Strategy::Number`]
diff --git a/src/uu/stdbuf/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/stdbuf/Cargo.toml
index 604909363..b0e229c76 100644
--- a/src/uu/stdbuf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/stdbuf/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ path = "src/stdbuf.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 libstdbuf = { version = "0.0.30", package = "uu_stdbuf_libstdbuf", path = "src/libstdbuf" }
diff --git a/src/uu/stdbuf/src/stdbuf.rs b/src/uu/stdbuf/src/stdbuf.rs
index 93d524dbd..2e6a8e26a 100644
--- a/src/uu/stdbuf/src/stdbuf.rs
+++ b/src/uu/stdbuf/src/stdbuf.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use std::process;
 use tempfile::TempDir;
 use tempfile::tempdir;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UClapError, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
-use uucore::parse_size::parse_size_u64;
+use uucore::parser::parse_size::parse_size_u64;
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage};
 
 const ABOUT: &str = help_about!("stdbuf.md");
diff --git a/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
index 4040aaebe..cf2b1e308 100644
--- a/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 memchr = { workspace = true }
 notify = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser"] }
 same-file = { workspace = true }
 fundu = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/tail/src/args.rs b/src/uu/tail/src/args.rs
index 7a7e6c790..e5ddb3aa2 100644
--- a/src/uu/tail/src/args.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tail/src/args.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::io::IsTerminal;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
-use uucore::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64};
-use uucore::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
+use uucore::parser::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64};
+use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_usage, show_warning};
 
 const ABOUT: &str = help_about!("tail.md");
diff --git a/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
index 6f7bc3a40..b6e52fb1a 100644
--- a/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ path = "src/tee.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 nix = { workspace = true, features = ["poll", "fs"] }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["libc", "signals"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["libc", "parser", "signals"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "tee"
diff --git a/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs b/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
index e2517cf73..4683582ca 100644
--- a/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind, Read, Result, Write, copy, stdin, stdout};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::UResult;
-use uucore::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
+use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage, show_error};
 
 // spell-checker:ignore nopipe
diff --git a/src/uu/timeout/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/timeout/Cargo.toml
index 979bcae1b..9a9e2987d 100644
--- a/src/uu/timeout/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/timeout/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ path = "src/timeout.rs"
 clap = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 nix = { workspace = true, features = ["signal"] }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["process", "signals"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser", "process", "signals"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "timeout"
diff --git a/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs b/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs
index e32d784e2..112ca19f4 100644
--- a/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs
+++ b/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use std::process::{self, Child, Stdio};
 use std::time::Duration;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{UClapError, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
+use uucore::parser::parse_time;
 use uucore::process::ChildExt;
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -70,18 +71,17 @@ impl Config {
 
         let kill_after = match options.get_one::<String>(options::KILL_AFTER) {
             None => None,
-            Some(kill_after) => match uucore::parse_time::from_str(kill_after) {
+            Some(kill_after) => match parse_time::from_str(kill_after) {
                 Ok(k) => Some(k),
                 Err(err) => return Err(UUsageError::new(ExitStatus::TimeoutFailed.into(), err)),
             },
         };
 
-        let duration = match uucore::parse_time::from_str(
-            options.get_one::<String>(options::DURATION).unwrap(),
-        ) {
-            Ok(duration) => duration,
-            Err(err) => return Err(UUsageError::new(ExitStatus::TimeoutFailed.into(), err)),
-        };
+        let duration =
+            match parse_time::from_str(options.get_one::<String>(options::DURATION).unwrap()) {
+                Ok(duration) => duration,
+                Err(err) => return Err(UUsageError::new(ExitStatus::TimeoutFailed.into(), err)),
+            };
 
         let preserve_status: bool = options.get_flag(options::PRESERVE_STATUS);
         let foreground = options.get_flag(options::FOREGROUND);
diff --git a/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml
index f06b04559..15fdba163 100644
--- a/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true }
 parse_datetime = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["libc"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["libc", "parser"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
 windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = [
diff --git a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
index dd155b44e..b5a7246d5 100644
--- a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
+++ b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError};
-use uucore::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
+use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_usage, show};
 
 use crate::error::TouchError;
diff --git a/src/uu/truncate/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/truncate/Cargo.toml
index 3535c5ede..8cd4cd1d3 100644
--- a/src/uu/truncate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/truncate/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ path = "src/truncate.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "truncate"
diff --git a/src/uu/truncate/src/truncate.rs b/src/uu/truncate/src/truncate.rs
index ac4cb7c3c..d43ae70ca 100644
--- a/src/uu/truncate/src/truncate.rs
+++ b/src/uu/truncate/src/truncate.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use std::os::unix::fs::FileTypeExt;
 use std::path::Path;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
-use uucore::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64};
+use uucore::parser::parse_size::{ParseSizeError, parse_size_u64};
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
diff --git a/src/uu/uniq/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/uniq/Cargo.toml
index 0f239cf14..e47a2cfcb 100644
--- a/src/uu/uniq/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/uniq/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ path = "src/uniq.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "uniq"
diff --git a/src/uu/uniq/src/uniq.rs b/src/uu/uniq/src/uniq.rs
index 744ff6d99..cf717e563 100644
--- a/src/uu/uniq/src/uniq.rs
+++ b/src/uu/uniq/src/uniq.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, BufWriter, Write, stdin, stdout};
 use std::num::IntErrorKind;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UError, UResult, USimpleError};
+use uucore::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
 use uucore::posix::{OBSOLETE, posix_version};
-use uucore::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage};
 
 const ABOUT: &str = help_about!("uniq.md");
diff --git a/src/uu/wc/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/wc/Cargo.toml
index d4911add8..1e3fc7056 100644
--- a/src/uu/wc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/wc/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ path = "src/wc.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
-uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["pipes", "quoting-style"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser", "pipes", "quoting-style"] }
 bytecount = { workspace = true, features = ["runtime-dispatch-simd"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 unicode-width = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs b/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
index 0d5df7b65..b850e4656 100644
--- a/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
+++ b/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ use utf8::{BufReadDecoder, BufReadDecoderError};
 use uucore::{
     error::{FromIo, UError, UResult},
     format_usage, help_about, help_usage,
+    parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser,
     quoting_style::{self, QuotingStyle},
-    shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser,
     show,
 };
 
diff --git a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
index f94919e69..67e1bd3e5 100644
--- a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ format = [
   "bigdecimal",
   "extendedbigdecimal",
   "itertools",
+  "parser",
   "num-traits",
   "quoting-style",
 ]
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ proc-info = ["tty", "walkdir"]
 quoting-style = []
 ranges = []
 ringbuffer = []
+parser = ["extendedbigdecimal", "num-traits"]
 signals = []
 sum = [
   "digest",
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ sum = [
   "sm3",
   "crc32fast",
 ]
-update-control = []
+update-control = ["parser"]
 utf8 = []
 utmpx = ["time", "time/macros", "libc", "dns-lookup"]
 version-cmp = []
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs
index 6c0de6f61..d3a8ebb44 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ pub mod fs;
 pub mod fsext;
 #[cfg(feature = "lines")]
 pub mod lines;
+#[cfg(feature = "parser")]
+pub mod parser;
 #[cfg(feature = "quoting-style")]
 pub mod quoting_style;
 #[cfg(feature = "ranges")]
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/argument.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/argument.rs
index 0718ec662..82ed0ab0f 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/argument.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/argument.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 use crate::{
     error::set_exit_code,
-    features::format::num_parser::{ExtendedParser, ExtendedParserError},
+    parser::num_parser::{ExtendedParser, ExtendedParserError},
     quoting_style::{Quotes, QuotingStyle, escape_name},
     show_error, show_warning,
 };
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/mod.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/mod.rs
index 5deb5cb75..3387f15fe 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/mod.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/mod.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ mod argument;
 mod escape;
 pub mod human;
 pub mod num_format;
-pub mod num_parser;
 mod spec;
 
 use crate::extendedbigdecimal::ExtendedBigDecimal;
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/parser.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/mod.rs
similarity index 81%
rename from src/uucore/src/lib/parser.rs
rename to src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/mod.rs
index a0de6c0d4..800fe6e8c 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/parser.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 //
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
+// spell-checker:ignore extendedbigdecimal
+
+pub mod num_parser;
 pub mod parse_glob;
 pub mod parse_size;
 pub mod parse_time;
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/num_parser.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/num_parser.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/num_parser.rs
rename to src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/num_parser.rs
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/parser/parse_glob.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/parse_glob.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from src/uucore/src/lib/parser/parse_glob.rs
rename to src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/parse_glob.rs
index 08271788a..6f7dae24c 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/parser/parse_glob.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/parse_glob.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ fn fix_negation(glob: &str) -> String {
 ///
 /// ```rust
 /// use std::time::Duration;
-/// use uucore::parse_glob::from_str;
+/// use uucore::parser::parse_glob::from_str;
 /// assert!(!from_str("[^abc]").unwrap().matches("a"));
 /// assert!(from_str("[^abc]").unwrap().matches("x"));
 /// ```
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/parser/parse_size.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/parse_size.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from src/uucore/src/lib/parser/parse_size.rs
rename to src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/parse_size.rs
index b18e1695d..c34db8b14 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/parser/parse_size.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/parse_size.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ impl<'parser> Parser<'parser> {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use uucore::parse_size::Parser;
+    /// use uucore::parser::parse_size::Parser;
     /// let parser = Parser {
     ///     default_unit: Some("M"),
     ///     ..Default::default()
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ impl<'parser> Parser<'parser> {
 /// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// use uucore::parse_size::parse_size_u128;
+/// use uucore::parser::parse_size::parse_size_u128;
 /// assert_eq!(Ok(123), parse_size_u128("123"));
 /// assert_eq!(Ok(9 * 1000), parse_size_u128("9kB")); // kB is 1000
 /// assert_eq!(Ok(2 * 1024), parse_size_u128("2K")); // K is 1024
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/parser/parse_time.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/parse_time.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from src/uucore/src/lib/parser/parse_time.rs
rename to src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/parse_time.rs
index d22d4d372..085dfac81 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/parser/parse_time.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/parse_time.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ use crate::display::Quotable;
 ///
 /// ```rust
 /// use std::time::Duration;
-/// use uucore::parse_time::from_str;
+/// use uucore::parser::parse_time::from_str;
 /// assert_eq!(from_str("123"), Ok(Duration::from_secs(123)));
 /// assert_eq!(from_str("2d"), Ok(Duration::from_secs(60 * 60 * 24 * 2)));
 /// ```
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ pub fn from_str(string: &str) -> Result<Duration, String> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 
-    use crate::parse_time::from_str;
+    use crate::parser::parse_time::from_str;
     use std::time::Duration;
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/parser/shortcut_value_parser.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/shortcut_value_parser.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/uucore/src/lib/parser/shortcut_value_parser.rs
rename to src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/shortcut_value_parser.rs
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/update_control.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/update_control.rs
index 95b403aff..ddb5fdc17 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/update_control.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/update_control.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pub enum UpdateMode {
 
 pub mod arguments {
     //! Pre-defined arguments for update functionality.
-    use crate::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
+    use crate::parser::shortcut_value_parser::ShortcutValueParser;
     use clap::ArgAction;
 
     /// `--update` argument
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
index 63a8162f7..20e03146c 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ pub extern crate windows_sys;
 mod features; // feature-gated code modules
 mod macros; // crate macros (macro_rules-type; exported to `crate::...`)
 mod mods; // core cross-platform modules
-mod parser; // string parsing modules
 
 pub use uucore_procs::*;
 
@@ -31,12 +30,6 @@ pub use crate::mods::os;
 pub use crate::mods::panic;
 pub use crate::mods::posix;
 
-// * string parsing modules
-pub use crate::parser::parse_glob;
-pub use crate::parser::parse_size;
-pub use crate::parser::parse_time;
-pub use crate::parser::shortcut_value_parser;
-
 // * feature-gated modules
 #[cfg(feature = "backup-control")]
 pub use crate::features::backup_control;
@@ -58,6 +51,8 @@ pub use crate::features::format;
 pub use crate::features::fs;
 #[cfg(feature = "lines")]
 pub use crate::features::lines;
+#[cfg(feature = "parser")]
+pub use crate::features::parser;
 #[cfg(feature = "quoting-style")]
 pub use crate::features::quoting_style;
 #[cfg(feature = "ranges")]