diff --git a/src/uu/cut/src/cut.rs b/src/uu/cut/src/cut.rs
index f3f87beef..f37716258 100644
--- a/src/uu/cut/src/cut.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cut/src/cut.rs
@@ -359,12 +359,22 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
     let complement = matches.get_flag(options::COMPLEMENT);
 
+    let mode_args_count = [
+        matches.indices_of(options::BYTES),
+        matches.indices_of(options::CHARACTERS),
+        matches.indices_of(options::FIELDS),
+    ]
+    .into_iter()
+    .filter_map(|mode| mode.map(|indices| indices.len()))
+    .sum();
+
     let mode_parse = match (
+        mode_args_count,
         matches.get_one::<String>(options::BYTES),
         matches.get_one::<String>(options::CHARACTERS),
         matches.get_one::<String>(options::FIELDS),
     ) {
-        (Some(byte_ranges), None, None) => list_to_ranges(byte_ranges, complement).map(|ranges| {
+        (1, Some(byte_ranges), None, None) => list_to_ranges(byte_ranges, complement).map(|ranges| {
             Mode::Bytes(
                 ranges,
                 Options {
@@ -379,7 +389,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                 },
             )
         }),
-        (None, Some(char_ranges), None) => list_to_ranges(char_ranges, complement).map(|ranges| {
+        (1, None, Some(char_ranges), None) => list_to_ranges(char_ranges, complement).map(|ranges| {
             Mode::Characters(
                 ranges,
                 Options {
@@ -394,7 +404,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                 },
             )
         }),
-        (None, None, Some(field_ranges)) => {
+        (1, None, None, Some(field_ranges)) => {
             list_to_ranges(field_ranges, complement).and_then(|ranges| {
                 let out_delim = match matches.get_one::<String>(options::OUTPUT_DELIMITER) {
                     Some(s) => {
@@ -461,7 +471,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                 }
             })
         }
-        (ref b, ref c, ref f) if b.is_some() || c.is_some() || f.is_some() => Err(
+        (2.., _, _, _) => Err(
             "invalid usage: expects no more than one of --fields (-f), --chars (-c) or --bytes (-b)".into()
         ),
         _ => Err("invalid usage: expects one of --fields (-f), --chars (-c) or --bytes (-b)".into()),
@@ -518,7 +528,8 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::BYTES)
                 .help("filter byte columns from the input source")
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
-                .value_name("LIST"),
+                .value_name("LIST")
+                .action(ArgAction::Append),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::CHARACTERS)
@@ -526,7 +537,8 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::CHARACTERS)
                 .help("alias for character mode")
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
-                .value_name("LIST"),
+                .value_name("LIST")
+                .action(ArgAction::Append),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::DELIMITER)
@@ -548,7 +560,8 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::FIELDS)
                 .help("filter field columns from the input source")
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
-                .value_name("LIST"),
+                .value_name("LIST")
+                .action(ArgAction::Append),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::COMPLEMENT)
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cut.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cut.rs
index bfa0885ce..2473ead19 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cut.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cut.rs
@@ -270,3 +270,21 @@ fn test_multiple() {
     assert_eq!(result.stdout_str(), "b\n");
     assert_eq!(result.stderr_str(), "");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_multiple_mode_args() {
+    for args in [
+        vec!["-b1", "-b2"],
+        vec!["-c1", "-c2"],
+        vec!["-f1", "-f2"],
+        vec!["-b1", "-c2"],
+        vec!["-b1", "-f2"],
+        vec!["-c1", "-f2"],
+        vec!["-b1", "-c2", "-f3"],
+    ] {
+        new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&args)
+        .fails()
+        .stderr_is("cut: invalid usage: expects no more than one of --fields (-f), --chars (-c) or --bytes (-b)\n");
+    }
+}