diff --git a/src/uu/fmt/src/fmt.rs b/src/uu/fmt/src/fmt.rs
index f112d1b07..bf08fbc3e 100644
--- a/src/uu/fmt/src/fmt.rs
+++ b/src/uu/fmt/src/fmt.rs
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ fn parse_arguments(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<(Vec<String>, FmtOptions)
                 ));
             }
         };
-        if !matches.get_flag(OPT_WIDTH) {
+        if !matches.contains_id(OPT_WIDTH) {
             fmt_opts.width = cmp::max(
                 fmt_opts.goal * 100 / DEFAULT_GOAL_TO_WIDTH_RATIO,
                 fmt_opts.goal + 3,
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_fmt.rs b/tests/by-util/test_fmt.rs
index afce9acd8..c2f67e136 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_fmt.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_fmt.rs
@@ -43,3 +43,34 @@ fn test_fmt_width_too_big() {
             .stderr_is("fmt: invalid width: '2501': Numerical result out of range\n");
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_fmt_goal() {
+    for param in ["-g", "--goal"] {
+        new_ucmd!()
+            .args(&["one-word-per-line.txt", param, "7"])
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_is("this is\na file\nwith one\nword per\nline\n");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_fmt_goal_too_big() {
+    for param in ["-g", "--goal"] {
+        new_ucmd!()
+            .args(&["one-word-per-line.txt", "--width=75", param, "76"])
+            .fails()
+            .code_is(1)
+            .stderr_is("fmt: GOAL cannot be greater than WIDTH.\n");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_fmt_set_goal_not_contain_width() {
+    for param in ["-g", "--goal"] {
+        new_ucmd!()
+            .args(&["one-word-per-line.txt", param, "74"])
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_is("this is a file with one word per line\n");
+    }
+}