diff --git a/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs b/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
index 036024f99..f0529af7e 100644
--- a/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
+++ b/src/uu/mv/src/mv.rs
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ fn handle_two_paths(source: &Path, target: &Path, opts: &Options) -> UResult<()>
 
     let target_is_dir = target.is_dir();
 
-    if path_ends_with_terminator(target) && !target_is_dir {
+    if path_ends_with_terminator(target) && !target_is_dir && !opts.no_target_dir {
         return Err(MvError::FailedToAccessNotADirectory(target.quote().to_string()).into());
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs b/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs
index c54d24ea9..571de7691 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_mv.rs
@@ -1158,6 +1158,32 @@ fn test_mv_overwrite_dir() {
     assert!(at.dir_exists(dir_b));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_mv_no_target_dir_with_dest_not_existing() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    let dir_a = "a";
+    let dir_b = "b";
+
+    at.mkdir(dir_a);
+    ucmd.arg("-T").arg(dir_a).arg(dir_b).succeeds().no_output();
+
+    assert!(!at.dir_exists(dir_a));
+    assert!(at.dir_exists(dir_b));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_mv_no_target_dir_with_dest_not_existing_and_ending_with_slash() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    let dir_a = "a";
+    let dir_b = "b/";
+
+    at.mkdir(dir_a);
+    ucmd.arg("-T").arg(dir_a).arg(dir_b).succeeds().no_output();
+
+    assert!(!at.dir_exists(dir_a));
+    assert!(at.dir_exists(dir_b));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_mv_overwrite_nonempty_dir() {
     let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();