diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 74e06dc8..3452d3d6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -164,18 +164,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.8"
+version = "4.5.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "84b3edb18336f4df585bc9aa31dd99c036dfa5dc5e9a2939a722a188f3a8970d"
+checksum = "64acc1846d54c1fe936a78dc189c34e28d3f5afc348403f28ecf53660b9b8462"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.8"
+version = "4.5.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c1c09dd5ada6c6c78075d6fd0da3f90d8080651e2d6cc8eb2f1aaa4034ced708"
+checksum = "6fb8393d67ba2e7bfaf28a23458e4e2b543cc73a99595511eb207fdb8aede942"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
diff --git a/src/find/matchers/mod.rs b/src/find/matchers/mod.rs
index 6e3a3e39..f41f1edd 100644
--- a/src/find/matchers/mod.rs
+++ b/src/find/matchers/mod.rs
@@ -699,6 +699,11 @@ fn build_matcher_tree(
                 config.today_start = true;
                 None
             }
+            "-noleaf" => {
+                // No change of behavior
+                config.no_leaf_dirs = true;
+                None
+            }
             "-d" | "-depth" => {
                 // TODO add warning if it appears after actual testing criterion
                 config.depth_first = true;
diff --git a/src/find/mod.rs b/src/find/mod.rs
index 680f84d2..dda6bc0d 100644
--- a/src/find/mod.rs
+++ b/src/find/mod.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     help_requested: bool,
     version_requested: bool,
     today_start: bool,
+    no_leaf_dirs: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for Config {
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ impl Default for Config {
             help_requested: false,
             version_requested: false,
             today_start: false,
+            // Directory information and traversal are done by walkdir,
+            // and this configuration field will exist as
+            // a compatibility item for GNU findutils.
+            no_leaf_dirs: false,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -158,6 +163,7 @@ fn process_dir<'a>(
             }
             Ok(entry) => {
                 let mut matcher_io = matchers::MatcherIO::new(deps);
+
                 if matcher.matches(&entry, &mut matcher_io) {
                     found_count += 1;
                 }
@@ -1254,6 +1260,15 @@ mod tests {
             ],
             &deps,
         );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    fn test_noleaf() {
+        use crate::find::tests::FakeDependencies;
+
+        let deps = FakeDependencies::new();
+        let rc = find_main(&["find", "./test_data/simple/subdir", "-noleaf"], &deps);
 
         assert_eq!(rc, 0);
     }
diff --git a/tests/find_cmd_tests.rs b/tests/find_cmd_tests.rs
index 73c0cc7c..c77d6290 100644
--- a/tests/find_cmd_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/find_cmd_tests.rs
@@ -904,5 +904,16 @@ fn find_ignore_readdir_race() {
         ])
         .assert()
         .success()
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[serial(working_dir)]
+fn find_noleaf() {
+    Command::cargo_bin("find")
+        .expect("found binary")
+        .args(["test_data/simple/subdir", "-noleaf"])
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains("test_data/simple/subdir"))
         .stderr(predicate::str::is_empty());
 }