diff --git a/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
index 6801e6a0960..3912f3308a5 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/cp/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
   "backup-control",
   "entries",
   "fs",
+  "fsxattr",
   "perms",
   "mode",
   "update-control",
diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
index 32168b09009..b7469404757 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use std::os::unix::fs::{FileTypeExt, PermissionsExt};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf, StripPrefixError};
+#[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "android")))]
+use uucore::fsxattr::copy_xattrs;
 
 use clap::{builder::ValueParser, crate_version, Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command};
 use filetime::FileTime;
@@ -1605,12 +1607,7 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_attributes(
     handle_preserve(&attributes.xattr, || -> CopyResult<()> {
         #[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "android")))]
         {
-            let xattrs = xattr::list(source)?;
-            for attr in xattrs {
-                if let Some(attr_value) = xattr::get(source, attr.clone())? {
-                    xattr::set(dest, attr, &attr_value[..])?;
-                }
-            }
+            copy_xattrs(source, dest)?;
         }
         #[cfg(not(all(unix, not(target_os = "android"))))]
         {
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs
index dfe5b773312..cde1cf264a3 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub mod process;
 #[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", feature = "tty"))]
 pub mod tty;
 
-#[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "macos"), feature = "fsxattr"))]
+#[cfg(all(unix, feature = "fsxattr"))]
 pub mod fsxattr;
 #[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "fuchsia"), feature = "signals"))]
 pub mod signals;
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
index 3200145bd73..3a6a537ad49 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ pub use crate::features::wide;
 #[cfg(feature = "fsext")]
 pub use crate::features::fsext;
 
-#[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "macos"), feature = "fsxattr"))]
+#[cfg(all(unix, feature = "fsxattr"))]
 pub use crate::features::fsxattr;
 
 //## core functions