diff --git a/src/uu/nohup/src/platform/unix.rs b/src/uu/nohup/src/platform/unix.rs
index daefc83ae86..2f6f890a638 100644
--- a/src/uu/nohup/src/platform/unix.rs
+++ b/src/uu/nohup/src/platform/unix.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) SIGHUP cproc vprocmgr homeout
 
-use std::fs::{File, OpenOptions};
+use std::fs::OpenOptions;
 use std::io::{Error, IsTerminal as _};
 use std::os::unix::{fs::OpenOptionsExt as _, process::CommandExt as _};
 use std::process::Command;
@@ -69,7 +69,12 @@ pub(crate) fn set_output_file_mode(opt: &mut OpenOptions) {
 fn replace_fds() -> UResult<()> {
     use rustix::stdio::{dup2_stderr, dup2_stdin, dup2_stdout, stdout};
     if std::io::stdin().is_terminal() {
-        let new_stdin = File::open(std::path::Path::new("/dev/null"))
+        // Open /dev/null write-only so the substitute stdin is unreadable, as
+        // GNU does: a command that mistakenly reads from it gets an error
+        // instead of a silent EOF.
+        let new_stdin = OpenOptions::new()
+            .write(true)
+            .open("/dev/null")
             .map_err(|e| PlatformError::CannotReplace("STDIN", e))?;
         dup2_stdin(&new_stdin).map_err(|e| PlatformError::CannotReplace("STDIN", e.into()))?;
     }
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_nohup.rs b/tests/by-util/test_nohup.rs
index 1500ad91c71..33b39e59c53 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_nohup.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_nohup.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,32 @@ fn test_nohup_with_pseudo_terminal_emulation_on_stdin_stdout_stderr_get_replaced
 // When stdin is not a TTY (e.g., a pipe), nohup preserves it.
 // This behavior is already tested indirectly through other tests.
 
+// When stdin is a terminal, the replacement must be unreadable so that a
+// command which mistakenly reads from it gets an error instead of a silent
+// EOF (GNU opens /dev/null write-only). Since nohup execs the command, the
+// exit status is the command's own.
+#[test]
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn test_nohup_replaced_stdin_is_not_readable() {
+    let ts = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &ts.fixtures;
+
+    ts.ucmd()
+        .terminal_simulation(true)
+        .arg("cat")
+        .fails_with_code(1)
+        .stderr_contains("nohup: ignoring input and appending output to 'nohup.out'");
+
+    sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10));
+
+    // cat's error message goes to stderr, which nohup redirected into nohup.out
+    let content = std::fs::read_to_string(at.plus_as_string("nohup.out")).unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        content.contains("Bad file descriptor"),
+        "expected a read error from cat in nohup.out, got: {content:?}"
+    );
+}
+
 // Test that nohup creates nohup.out in current directory
 #[test]
 #[cfg(any(