diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 87177bbb8..c140a7e04 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ PROGS       := \
   env \
   du \
   false \
+  fold \
   md5sum \
   mkdir \
   paste \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b1eabb1ba..ce06e4b17 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ To do
 - factor
 - find-mount-point
 - fmt
-- fold
 - getlimits
 - group-list
 - hostid
diff --git a/fold/fold.rs b/fold/fold.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fe597fd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fold/fold.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+#[crate_id(name = "fold", vers = "1.0.0", author = "Arcterus")];
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the uutils coreutils package.
+ *
+ * (c) Arcterus <arcterus@mail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+#[feature(macro_rules)];
+
+extern crate getopts;
+
+use std::io;
+use std::io::fs::File;
+use std::io::BufferedReader;
+use std::os;
+use std::uint;
+
+#[path = "../common/util.rs"]
+mod util;
+
+static NAME: &'static str = "fold";
+static VERSION: &'static str = "1.0.0";
+
+fn main() {
+    let args = os::args();
+
+    let program = args[0].clone();
+
+    let (args, obs_width) = handle_obsolete(args);
+
+    let opts = [
+        getopts::optflag("b", "bytes", "count using bytes rather than columns (meaning control characters such as newline are not treated specially)"),
+        getopts::optflag("s", "spaces", "break lines at word boundaries rather than a hard cut-off"),
+        getopts::optopt("w", "width", "set WIDTH as the maximum line width rather than 80", "WIDTH"),
+        getopts::optflag("h", "help", "display this help and exit"),
+        getopts::optflag("V", "version", "output version information and exit")
+    ];
+
+    let matches = match getopts::getopts(args.tail(), opts) {
+        Ok(m) => m,
+        Err(f) => crash!(1, "{}", f.to_err_msg())
+    };
+
+    if matches.opt_present("h") {
+        println!("{} v{}", NAME, VERSION);
+        println!("");
+        println!("Usage:");
+        println!("  {} [OPTION]... [FILE]...", program);
+        println!("");
+        print!("{}", getopts::usage("Writes each file (or standard input if no files are given) to standard output whilst breaking long lines", opts));
+    } else if matches.opt_present("V") {
+        println!("{} v{}", NAME, VERSION);
+    } else {
+        let bytes = matches.opt_present("b");
+        let spaces = matches.opt_present("s");
+        let poss_width =
+            if matches.opt_present("w") {
+                matches.opt_str("w")
+            } else {
+                obs_width
+            };
+        let width = match poss_width {
+            Some(inp_width) => match uint::parse_bytes(inp_width.as_bytes(), 10) {
+                Some(width) => width,
+                None => crash!(1, "illegal width value (\"{}\")", inp_width)
+            },
+            None => 80
+        };
+        fold(matches.free, bytes, spaces, width);
+    }
+}
+
+fn handle_obsolete(args: ~[~str]) -> (~[~str], Option<~str>) {
+    let mut args = args;
+    let mut i = 0;
+    while i < args.len() {
+        if args[i].char_at(0) == '-' && args[i].len() > 1 && args[i].char_at(1).is_digit() {
+            let mut removed = args.remove(i).unwrap();
+            removed.shift_char();
+            return (args, Some(removed));
+        }
+        i += 1;
+    }
+    (args, None)
+}
+
+fn fold(filenames: Vec<~str>, bytes: bool, spaces: bool, width: uint) {
+    if filenames.len() == 0 {
+        fold_file(io::stdin(), bytes, spaces, width);
+    } else {
+        for filename in filenames.iter() {
+            let filename: &str = *filename;
+            fold_file(BufferedReader::new(safe_unwrap!(File::open(&Path::new(filename)))), bytes, spaces, width);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn fold_file<T: io::Reader>(file: BufferedReader<T>, bytes: bool, spaces: bool, width: uint) {
+    let mut file = file;
+    for line in file.lines() {
+        let mut line = safe_unwrap!(line);
+        if line.len() == 1 {
+            println!("");
+            continue;
+        }
+        line.pop_char();
+        if bytes {
+            let mut i = 0;
+            while i < line.len() {
+                let width = if line.len() - i >= width { width } else { line.len() - i };
+                let slice = {
+                    let slice = line.slice(i, i + width);
+                    if spaces && i + width != line.len() {
+                        match slice.rfind(|ch: char| ch.is_whitespace()) {
+                            Some(m) => slice.slice_to(m + 1),
+                            None => slice
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        slice
+                    }
+                };
+                println!("{}", slice);
+                i += slice.len();
+            }
+        } else {
+            let mut output = ~"";
+            let mut count = 0;
+            for (i, ch) in line.chars().enumerate() {
+                match ch {
+                    '\t' => {
+                        count += 8;
+                        if count > width {
+                            println!("{}", output);
+                            output = ~"";
+                            count = 8;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    '\x08' => {
+                        if count > 0 {
+                            count -= 1;
+                            output.pop_char();
+                        }
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    '\r' => {
+                        output = ~"";
+                        count = 0;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    _ => count += 1
+                };
+                output.push_char(ch);
+                if count == width {
+                    let (val, ncount) = {
+                        let (out, val, ncount) =
+                            if spaces && i + 1 != line.len() {
+                                match output.rfind(|ch: char| ch.is_whitespace()) {
+                                    Some(m) => {
+                                        let routput = output.slice_from(m + 1).to_owned();
+                                        let ncount = routput.chars().fold(0, |out, ch: char| out + if ch == '\t' { 8 } else { 1 });
+                                        (output.slice_to(m + 1), routput, ncount)
+                                    },
+                                    None => (output.as_slice(), ~"", 0)
+                                }
+                            } else {
+                                (output.as_slice(), ~"", 0)
+                            };
+                        println!("{}", out);
+                        (val, ncount)
+                    };
+                    output = val;
+                    count = ncount;
+                }
+            }
+            if count > 0 {
+                println!("{}", output);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}