diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bf83d9accd..f8c68ecb49 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "uucore",
  "uuhelp_parser",
  "walkdir",
+ "xattr",
  "zip",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a01fcdd2d3..ee1db36728 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ rlimit = "0.10.1"
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dev-dependencies]
 nix = { workspace = true, features = ["process", "signal", "user"] }
 rand_pcg = "0.3"
+xattr = { workspace = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 phf_codegen = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
index 8a4c5623ad..85fdf3f6b1 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ impl Attributes {
         ownership: Preserve::Yes { required: true },
         mode: Preserve::Yes { required: true },
         timestamps: Preserve::Yes { required: true },
+        xattr: Preserve::Yes { required: true },
         ..Self::NONE
     };
 
@@ -1440,7 +1441,7 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_attributes(
     })?;
 
     handle_preserve(&attributes.xattr, || -> CopyResult<()> {
-        #[cfg(unix)]
+        #[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "android")))]
         {
             let xattrs = xattr::list(source)?;
             for attr in xattrs {
@@ -1449,7 +1450,7 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_attributes(
                 }
             }
         }
-        #[cfg(not(unix))]
+        #[cfg(not(all(unix, not(target_os = "android"))))]
         {
             // The documentation for GNU cp states:
             //
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
index cb6b7a8dce..a73b3e1130 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
-// spell-checker:ignore (flags) reflink (fs) tmpfs (linux) rlimit Rlim NOFILE clob btrfs ROOTDIR USERDIR procfs outfile uufs
+// spell-checker:ignore (flags) reflink (fs) tmpfs (linux) rlimit Rlim NOFILE clob btrfs ROOTDIR USERDIR procfs outfile uufs xattrs
 
 use crate::common::util::TestScenario;
 #[cfg(not(windows))]
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ static TEST_MOUNT_MOUNTPOINT: &str = "mount";
 static TEST_MOUNT_OTHER_FILESYSTEM_FILE: &str = "mount/DO_NOT_copy_me.txt";
 #[cfg(unix)]
 static TEST_NONEXISTENT_FILE: &str = "nonexistent_file.txt";
+#[cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "macos"))))]
+use xattr;
 
 /// Assert that mode, ownership, and permissions of two metadata objects match.
 #[cfg(all(not(windows), not(target_os = "freebsd")))]
@@ -3701,3 +3703,57 @@ fn test_cp_no_such() {
         .fails()
         .stderr_is("cp: 'no-such/' is not a directory\n");
 }
+
+#[cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "macos"))))]
+fn compare_xattrs<P: AsRef<Path>>(path1: P, path2: P) -> bool {
+    let get_sorted_xattrs = |path: P| {
+        xattr::list(path)
+            .map(|attrs| {
+                let mut attrs = attrs.collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                attrs.sort();
+                attrs
+            })
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| Vec::new())
+    };
+
+    get_sorted_xattrs(path1) == get_sorted_xattrs(path2)
+}
+
+#[cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "macos"))))]
+#[test]
+fn test_acl_preserve() {
+    use std::process::Command;
+
+    let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &scene.fixtures;
+    let path1 = "a";
+    let path2 = "b";
+    let file = "a/file";
+    let file_target = "b/file";
+    at.mkdir(path1);
+    at.mkdir(path2);
+    at.touch(file);
+
+    let path = at.plus_as_string(file);
+    // calling the command directly. xattr requires some dev packages to be installed
+    // and it adds a complex dependency just for a test
+    match Command::new("setfacl")
+        .args(["-m", "group::rwx", &path1])
+        .status()
+        .map(|status| status.code())
+    {
+        Ok(Some(0)) => {}
+        Ok(_) => {
+            println!("test skipped: setfacl failed");
+            return;
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            println!("test skipped: setfacl failed with {}", e);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    scene.ucmd().args(&["-p", &path, path2]).succeeds();
+
+    assert!(compare_xattrs(&file, &file_target));
+}