diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
index c69fe7dd02b..79fd590915f 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
@@ -1086,6 +1086,38 @@ fn copy_directory(
         .into());
     }
 
+    // If in `--parents` mode, create all the necessary ancestor directories.
+    //
+    // For example, if the command is `cp --parents a/b/c d`, that
+    // means we need to copy the two ancestor directories first:
+    //
+    // a -> d/a
+    // a/b -> d/a/b
+    //
+    let tmp = if options.parents {
+        if let Some(parent) = root.parent() {
+            let new_target = target.join(parent);
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(&new_target)?;
+
+            if options.verbose {
+                let mut ancestors = vec![];
+                for p in parent.ancestors() {
+                    ancestors.push(p);
+                }
+                for p in ancestors.iter().rev().skip(1) {
+                    println!("{} -> {}", p.display(), target.join(p).display());
+                }
+            }
+
+            new_target
+        } else {
+            target.to_path_buf()
+        }
+    } else {
+        target.to_path_buf()
+    };
+    let target = tmp.as_path();
+
     let current_dir =
         env::current_dir().unwrap_or_else(|e| crash!(1, "failed to get current directory {}", e));
 
@@ -1144,7 +1176,10 @@ fn copy_directory(
             if target.is_file() {
                 return Err("cannot overwrite non-directory with directory".into());
             }
-            fs::create_dir_all(local_to_target)?;
+            fs::create_dir_all(&local_to_target)?;
+            if options.verbose {
+                println!("{}", context_for(p.path(), &local_to_target));
+            }
         } else if !path.is_dir() {
             if preserve_hard_links {
                 let mut found_hard_link = false;
@@ -1316,7 +1351,16 @@ fn copy_attribute(source: &Path, dest: &Path, attribute: &Attribute) -> CopyResu
             }
             #[cfg(not(unix))]
             {
-                return Err("XAttrs are only supported on unix.".to_string().into());
+                // The documentation for GNU cp states:
+                //
+                // > Try to preserve SELinux security context and
+                // > extended attributes (xattr), but ignore any failure
+                // > to do that and print no corresponding diagnostic.
+                //
+                // so we simply do nothing here.
+                //
+                // TODO Silently ignore failures in the `#[cfg(unix)]`
+                // block instead of terminating immediately on errors.
             }
         }
     };
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
index 2c7157851cb..25063354fc7 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cp.rs
@@ -217,15 +217,18 @@ fn test_cp_target_directory_is_file() {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_cp_arg_interactive() {
-    new_ucmd!()
-        .arg(TEST_HELLO_WORLD_SOURCE)
-        .arg(TEST_HOW_ARE_YOU_SOURCE)
-        .arg("-i")
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    at.touch("a");
+    at.touch("b");
+    // TODO The prompt in GNU cp is different, and it doesn't have the
+    // response either.
+    //
+    // See <https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/4023>.
+    ucmd.args(&["-i", "a", "b"])
         .pipe_in("N\n")
         .succeeds()
         .no_stdout()
-        .stderr_contains(format!("overwrite '{}'?", TEST_HOW_ARE_YOU_SOURCE))
-        .stderr_contains("Not overwriting");
+        .stderr_is("cp: overwrite 'b'?  [y/N]: cp: Not overwriting 'b' at user request\n");
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -1994,6 +1997,31 @@ fn test_copy_same_symlink_no_dereference_dangling() {
     ucmd.args(&["-d", "a", "b"]).succeeds();
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+#[test]
+fn test_cp_parents_2_dirs() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    at.mkdir_all("a/b/c");
+    at.mkdir("d");
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    let expected_stdout = "a -> d/a\na/b -> d/a/b\n'a/b/c' -> 'd/a/b/c'\n";
+    // TODO We should iron out exactly what the `--verbose` behavior
+    // should be on Windows. Currently, we have it printing, for
+    // example,
+    //
+    //     a/b -> d\a/b
+    //
+    // Should the path separators all be forward slashes? All
+    // backslashes?
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    let expected_stdout = "a -> d\\a\na/b -> d\\a/b\n'a/b/c' -> 'd\\a/b\\c'\n";
+    ucmd.args(&["--verbose", "-a", "--parents", "a/b/c", "d"])
+        .succeeds()
+        .no_stderr()
+        .stdout_is(expected_stdout);
+    assert!(at.dir_exists("d/a/b/c"));
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[ignore = "issue #3332"]
 fn test_cp_parents_2() {