diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bf638b421a..5060da4411 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2618,6 +2618,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "glob",
+ "hostname",
  "lscolors",
  "number_prefix",
  "once_cell",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 14e700ee0a..13b9970085 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ fundu = "2.0.0"
 gcd = "2.3"
 glob = "0.3.1"
 half = "2.3"
+hostname = "0.3"
 indicatif = "0.17"
 itertools = "0.12.0"
 libc = "0.2.150"
diff --git a/src/uu/hostname/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/hostname/Cargo.toml
index a9b033d123..1fe1017096 100644
--- a/src/uu/hostname/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/hostname/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ path = "src/hostname.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
-hostname = { version = "0.3", features = ["set"] }
+hostname = { workspace = true, features = ["set"] }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["wide"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
index 96cf7df1a0..a82a1f37e0 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/ls/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
 ] }
 once_cell = { workspace = true }
 selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+hostname = { workspace = true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "ls"
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
index c6b10677c6..deb8aac3df 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ pub mod options {
     pub static GROUP_DIRECTORIES_FIRST: &str = "group-directories-first";
     pub static ZERO: &str = "zero";
     pub static DIRED: &str = "dired";
+    pub static HYPERLINK: &str = "hyperlink";
 }
 
 const DEFAULT_TERM_WIDTH: u16 = 80;
@@ -418,6 +419,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     group_directories_first: bool,
     line_ending: LineEnding,
     dired: bool,
+    hyperlink: bool,
 }
 
 // Fields that can be removed or added to the long format
@@ -566,6 +568,25 @@ fn extract_color(options: &clap::ArgMatches) -> bool {
     }
 }
 
+/// Extracts the hyperlink option to use based on the options provided.
+///
+/// # Returns
+///
+/// A boolean representing whether to hyperlink files.
+fn extract_hyperlink(options: &clap::ArgMatches) -> bool {
+    let hyperlink = options
+        .get_one::<String>(options::HYPERLINK)
+        .unwrap()
+        .as_str();
+
+    match hyperlink {
+        "always" | "yes" | "force" => true,
+        "auto" | "tty" | "if-tty" => std::io::stdout().is_terminal(),
+        "never" | "no" | "none" => false,
+        _ => unreachable!("should be handled by clap"),
+    }
+}
+
 /// Extracts the quoting style to use based on the options provided.
 ///
 /// # Arguments
@@ -736,10 +757,9 @@ impl Config {
         }
 
         let sort = extract_sort(options);
-
         let time = extract_time(options);
-
         let mut needs_color = extract_color(options);
+        let hyperlink = extract_hyperlink(options);
 
         let opt_block_size = options.get_one::<String>(options::size::BLOCK_SIZE);
         let opt_si = opt_block_size.is_some()
@@ -1020,6 +1040,7 @@ impl Config {
             group_directories_first: options.get_flag(options::GROUP_DIRECTORIES_FIRST),
             line_ending: LineEnding::from_zero_flag(options.get_flag(options::ZERO)),
             dired,
+            hyperlink,
         })
     }
 }
@@ -1154,6 +1175,19 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .help("generate output designed for Emacs' dired (Directory Editor) mode")
                 .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new(options::HYPERLINK)
+                .long(options::HYPERLINK)
+                .help("hyperlink file names WHEN")
+                .value_parser([
+                    "always", "yes", "force", "auto", "tty", "if-tty", "never", "no", "none",
+                ])
+                .require_equals(true)
+                .num_args(0..=1)
+                .default_missing_value("always")
+                .default_value("never")
+                .value_name("WHEN"),
+        )
         // The next four arguments do not override with the other format
         // options, see the comment in Config::from for the reason.
         // Ideally, they would use Arg::override_with, with their own name
@@ -2959,6 +2993,18 @@ fn display_file_name(
     // infer it because the color codes mess up term_grid's width calculation.
     let mut width = name.width();
 
+    if config.hyperlink {
+        let hostname = hostname::get().unwrap_or(OsString::from(""));
+        let hostname = hostname.to_string_lossy();
+
+        let absolute_path = fs::canonicalize(&path.p_buf).unwrap_or_default();
+        let absolute_path = absolute_path.to_string_lossy();
+
+        // TODO encode path
+        // \x1b = ESC, \x07 = BEL
+        name = format!("\x1b]8;;file://{hostname}{absolute_path}\x07{name}\x1b]8;;\x07");
+    }
+
     if let Some(ls_colors) = &config.color {
         let md = path.md(out);
         name = if md.is_some() {
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
index fcd57170d4..8bc2b75ac7 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
@@ -3855,3 +3855,33 @@ fn test_posixly_correct() {
         .succeeds()
         .stdout_contains_line("total 8");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_ls_hyperlink() {
+    let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &scene.fixtures;
+    let file = "a.txt";
+
+    at.touch(file);
+
+    let path = at.root_dir_resolved();
+    let separator = std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR_STR;
+
+    let result = scene.ucmd().arg("--hyperlink").succeeds();
+    assert!(result.stdout_str().contains("\x1b]8;;file://"));
+    assert!(result
+        .stdout_str()
+        .contains(&format!("{path}{separator}{file}\x07{file}\x1b]8;;\x07")));
+
+    let result = scene.ucmd().arg("--hyperlink=always").succeeds();
+    assert!(result.stdout_str().contains("\x1b]8;;file://"));
+    assert!(result
+        .stdout_str()
+        .contains(&format!("{path}{separator}{file}\x07{file}\x1b]8;;\x07")));
+
+    scene
+        .ucmd()
+        .arg("--hyperlink=never")
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_is(format!("{file}\n"));
+}