diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a5cc30f3e..5019f227b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2160,8 +2160,8 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "uu_touch"
 version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
+ "clap 2.33.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "filetime 0.2.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "getopts 0.2.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "time 0.1.42 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "uucore 0.0.4",
  "uucore_procs 0.0.4",
diff --git a/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml
index 5881875c1..7fc56890a 100644
--- a/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ path = "src/touch.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 filetime = "0.2.1"
-getopts = "0.2.18"
+clap = "2.33"
 time = "0.1.40"
 uucore = { version=">=0.0.4", package="uucore", path="../../uucore", features=["libc"] }
 uucore_procs = { version=">=0.0.4", package="uucore_procs", path="../../uucore_procs" }
diff --git a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
index 48abd63a2..ffde06ca6 100644
--- a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
+++ b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
@@ -8,20 +8,31 @@
 
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) filetime strptime utcoff strs datetime MMDDhhmm
 
+extern crate clap;
 pub extern crate filetime;
-extern crate getopts;
 extern crate time;
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate uucore;
 
+use clap::{App, Arg};
 use filetime::*;
 use std::fs::{self, File};
 use std::io::Error;
 use std::path::Path;
 
-static NAME: &str = "touch";
 static VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+static ABOUT: &str = "Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.";
+static OPT_ACCESS: &str = "access";
+static OPT_CURRENT: &str = "current";
+static OPT_DATE: &str = "date";
+static OPT_MODIFICATION: &str = "modification";
+static OPT_NO_CREATE: &str = "no-create";
+static OPT_NO_DEREF: &str = "no-dereference";
+static OPT_REFERENCE: &str = "reference";
+static OPT_TIME: &str = "time";
+
+static ARG_FILES: &str = "files";
 
 // Since touch's date/timestamp parsing doesn't account for timezone, the
 // returned value from time::strptime() is UTC. We get system's timezone to
@@ -41,97 +52,108 @@ macro_rules! local_tm_to_filetime(
     })
 );
 
+fn get_usage() -> String {
+    format!("{0} [OPTION]... [USER]", executable!())
+}
+
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
-    let args = args.collect_str();
+    let usage = get_usage();
 
-    let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
+    let matches = App::new(executable!())
+        .version(VERSION)
+        .about(ABOUT)
+        .usage(&usage[..])
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name(OPT_ACCESS)
+                .short("a")
+                .help("change only the access time"),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name(OPT_CURRENT)
+                .short("t")
+                .help("use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of the current time")
+                .value_name("STAMP")
+                .takes_value(true),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name(OPT_DATE)
+                .short("d")
+                .long(OPT_DATE)
+                .help("parse argument and use it instead of current time")
+                .value_name("STRING"),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name(OPT_MODIFICATION)
+                .short("m")
+                .help("change only the modification time"),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name(OPT_NO_CREATE)
+                .short("c")
+                .long(OPT_NO_CREATE)
+                .help("do not create any files"),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name(OPT_NO_DEREF)
+                .short("h")
+                .long(OPT_NO_DEREF)
+                .help(
+                    "affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced file \
+                     (only for systems that can change the timestamps of a symlink)",
+                ),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name(OPT_REFERENCE)
+                .short("r")
+                .long(OPT_REFERENCE)
+                .help("use this file's times instead of the current time")
+                .value_name("FILE"),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name(OPT_TIME)
+                .long(OPT_TIME)
+                .help(
+                    "change only the specified time: \"access\", \"atime\", or \
+                     \"use\" are equivalent to -a; \"modify\" or \"mtime\" are \
+                     equivalent to -m",
+                )
+                .value_name("WORD")
+                .possible_values(&["access", "atime", "use"])
+                .takes_value(true),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name(ARG_FILES)
+                .multiple(true)
+                .takes_value(true)
+                .min_values(1),
+        )
+        .get_matches_from(args);
 
-    opts.optflag("a", "", "change only the access time");
-    opts.optflag("c", "no-create", "do not create any files");
-    opts.optopt(
-        "d",
-        "date",
-        "parse argument and use it instead of current time",
-        "STRING",
-    );
-    opts.optflag(
-        "h",
-        "no-dereference",
-        "affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced file \
-         (only for systems that can change the timestamps of a symlink)",
-    );
-    opts.optflag("m", "", "change only the modification time");
-    opts.optopt(
-        "r",
-        "reference",
-        "use this file's times instead of the current time",
-        "FILE",
-    );
-    opts.optopt(
-        "t",
-        "",
-        "use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of the current time",
-        "STAMP",
-    );
-    opts.optopt(
-        "",
-        "time",
-        "change only the specified time: \"access\", \"atime\", or \
-         \"use\" are equivalent to -a; \"modify\" or \"mtime\" are \
-         equivalent to -m",
-        "WORD",
-    );
-    opts.optflag("h", "help", "display this help and exit");
-    opts.optflag("V", "version", "output version information and exit");
+    let files: Vec<String> = matches
+        .values_of(ARG_FILES)
+        .map(|v| v.map(ToString::to_string).collect())
+        .unwrap_or_default();
 
-    let matches = match opts.parse(&args[1..]) {
-        Ok(m) => m,
-        Err(e) => panic!("Invalid options\n{}", e),
-    };
-
-    if matches.opt_present("version") {
-        println!("{} {}", NAME, VERSION);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    if matches.opt_present("help") || matches.free.is_empty() {
-        println!("{} {}", NAME, VERSION);
-        println!();
-        println!("Usage: {} [OPTION]... FILE...", NAME);
-        println!();
-        println!(
-            "{}",
-            opts.usage(
-                "Update the access and modification times of \
-                 each FILE to the current time."
-            )
-        );
-        if matches.free.is_empty() {
-            return 1;
-        }
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    if matches.opt_present("date")
-        && matches.opts_present(&["reference".to_owned(), "t".to_owned()])
-        || matches.opt_present("reference")
-            && matches.opts_present(&["date".to_owned(), "t".to_owned()])
-        || matches.opt_present("t")
-            && matches.opts_present(&["date".to_owned(), "reference".to_owned()])
+    if matches.is_present(OPT_DATE)
+        && (matches.is_present(OPT_REFERENCE) || matches.is_present(OPT_CURRENT))
+        || matches.is_present(OPT_REFERENCE)
+            && (matches.is_present(OPT_DATE) || matches.is_present(OPT_CURRENT))
+        || matches.is_present(OPT_CURRENT)
+            && (matches.is_present(OPT_DATE) || matches.is_present(OPT_REFERENCE))
     {
         panic!("Invalid options: cannot specify reference time from more than one source");
     }
 
-    let (mut atime, mut mtime) = if matches.opt_present("reference") {
+    let (mut atime, mut mtime) = if matches.is_present(OPT_REFERENCE) {
         stat(
-            &matches.opt_str("reference").unwrap()[..],
-            !matches.opt_present("no-dereference"),
+            &matches.value_of(OPT_REFERENCE).unwrap()[..],
+            !matches.is_present(OPT_NO_DEREF),
         )
-    } else if matches.opts_present(&["date".to_owned(), "t".to_owned()]) {
-        let timestamp = if matches.opt_present("date") {
-            parse_date(matches.opt_str("date").unwrap().as_ref())
+    } else if matches.is_present(OPT_DATE) || matches.is_present(OPT_CURRENT) {
+        let timestamp = if matches.is_present(OPT_DATE) {
+            parse_date(matches.value_of(OPT_DATE).unwrap().as_ref())
         } else {
-            parse_timestamp(matches.opt_str("t").unwrap().as_ref())
+            parse_timestamp(matches.value_of(OPT_CURRENT).unwrap().as_ref())
         };
         (timestamp, timestamp)
     } else {
@@ -139,12 +161,12 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
         (now, now)
     };
 
-    for filename in &matches.free {
+    for filename in &files {
         let path = &filename[..];
 
         if !Path::new(path).exists() {
             // no-dereference included here for compatibility
-            if matches.opts_present(&["no-create".to_owned(), "no-dereference".to_owned()]) {
+            if matches.is_present(OPT_NO_CREATE) || matches.is_present(OPT_NO_DEREF) {
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -154,18 +176,24 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
             };
 
             // Minor optimization: if no reference time was specified, we're done.
-            if !matches.opts_present(&["date".to_owned(), "reference".to_owned(), "t".to_owned()]) {
+            if !(matches.is_present(OPT_DATE)
+                || matches.is_present(OPT_REFERENCE)
+                || matches.is_present(OPT_CURRENT))
+            {
                 continue;
             }
         }
 
         // If changing "only" atime or mtime, grab the existing value of the other.
         // Note that "-a" and "-m" may be passed together; this is not an xor.
-        if matches.opts_present(&["a".to_owned(), "m".to_owned(), "time".to_owned()]) {
-            let st = stat(path, !matches.opt_present("no-dereference"));
-            let time = matches.opt_strs("time");
+        if matches.is_present(OPT_ACCESS)
+            || matches.is_present(OPT_MODIFICATION)
+            || matches.is_present(OPT_TIME)
+        {
+            let st = stat(path, !matches.is_present(OPT_NO_DEREF));
+            let time = matches.value_of(OPT_TIME).unwrap_or("");
 
-            if !(matches.opt_present("a")
+            if !(matches.is_present(OPT_ACCESS)
                 || time.contains(&"access".to_owned())
                 || time.contains(&"atime".to_owned())
                 || time.contains(&"use".to_owned()))
@@ -173,7 +201,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
                 atime = st.0;
             }
 
-            if !(matches.opt_present("m")
+            if !(matches.is_present(OPT_MODIFICATION)
                 || time.contains(&"modify".to_owned())
                 || time.contains(&"mtime".to_owned()))
             {
@@ -181,7 +209,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
             }
         }
 
-        if matches.opt_present("h") {
+        if matches.is_present(OPT_NO_DEREF) {
             if let Err(e) = set_symlink_file_times(path, atime, mtime) {
                 show_warning!("cannot touch '{}': {}", path, e);
             }
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs b/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
index 84263376a..7e04beced 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_touch.rs
@@ -195,6 +195,14 @@ fn test_touch_set_only_atime() {
     assert_eq!(atime.unix_seconds() - start_of_year.unix_seconds(), 45240);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_touch_set_only_mtime_failed() {
+    let (_at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    let file = "test_touch_set_only_mtime";
+
+    ucmd.args(&["-t", "2015010112342", "-m", file]).fails();
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_touch_set_only_mtime() {
     let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();