diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e8d1969ef64..29a11c199f3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3559,6 +3559,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "fluent",
  "libc",
+ "nix",
  "uucore",
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/uu/mkfifo/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/mkfifo/Cargo.toml
index ca0cc4dcbec..9006143441b 100644
--- a/src/uu/mkfifo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/mkfifo/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/mkfifo.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
+nix = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["fs", "mode"] }
 fluent = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/mkfifo/src/mkfifo.rs b/src/uu/mkfifo/src/mkfifo.rs
index 351e8fba149..3586eb7c37c 100644
--- a/src/uu/mkfifo/src/mkfifo.rs
+++ b/src/uu/mkfifo/src/mkfifo.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command, value_parser};
-use libc::mkfifo;
-use std::ffi::CString;
+use nix::sys::stat::Mode;
+use nix::unistd::mkfifo;
 use std::fs;
 use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
@@ -39,11 +39,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     };
 
     for f in fifos {
-        let err = unsafe {
-            let name = CString::new(f.as_bytes()).unwrap();
-            mkfifo(name.as_ptr(), 0o666)
-        };
-        if err == -1 {
+        if mkfifo(f.as_str(), Mode::from_bits_truncate(0o666)).is_err() {
             show!(USimpleError::new(
                 1,
                 translate!("mkfifo-error-cannot-create-fifo", "path" => f.quote()),