diff --git a/src/uu/mkfifo/src/mkfifo.rs b/src/uu/mkfifo/src/mkfifo.rs
index 66c3f7bb6..dfb595a72 100644
--- a/src/uu/mkfifo/src/mkfifo.rs
+++ b/src/uu/mkfifo/src/mkfifo.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ extern crate uucore;
 use clap::{crate_version, App, Arg};
 use libc::mkfifo;
 use std::ffi::CString;
+use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
 use uucore::{display::Quotable, InvalidEncodingHandling};
 
 static NAME: &str = "mkfifo";
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ mod options {
     pub static FIFO: &str = "fifo";
 }
 
-pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
+#[uucore_procs::gen_uumain]
+pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let args = args
         .collect_str(InvalidEncodingHandling::Ignore)
         .accept_any();
@@ -32,41 +34,39 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
     let matches = uu_app().get_matches_from(args);
 
     if matches.is_present(options::CONTEXT) {
-        crash!(1, "--context is not implemented");
+        return Err(USimpleError::new(1, "--context is not implemented"));
     }
     if matches.is_present(options::SE_LINUX_SECURITY_CONTEXT) {
-        crash!(1, "-Z is not implemented");
+        return Err(USimpleError::new(1, "-Z is not implemented"));
     }
 
     let mode = match matches.value_of(options::MODE) {
         Some(m) => match usize::from_str_radix(m, 8) {
             Ok(m) => m,
-            Err(e) => {
-                show_error!("invalid mode: {}", e);
-                return 1;
-            }
+            Err(e) => return Err(USimpleError::new(1, format!("invalid mode: {}", e))),
         },
         None => 0o666,
     };
 
     let fifos: Vec<String> = match matches.values_of(options::FIFO) {
         Some(v) => v.clone().map(|s| s.to_owned()).collect(),
-        None => crash!(1, "missing operand"),
+        None => return Err(USimpleError::new(1, "missing operand")),
     };
 
-    let mut exit_code = 0;
     for f in fifos {
         let err = unsafe {
             let name = CString::new(f.as_bytes()).unwrap();
             mkfifo(name.as_ptr(), mode as libc::mode_t)
         };
         if err == -1 {
-            show_error!("cannot create fifo {}: File exists", f.quote());
-            exit_code = 1;
+            show!(USimpleError::new(
+                1,
+                format!("cannot create fifo {}: File exists", f.quote())
+            ));
         }
     }
 
-    exit_code
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {