diff --git a/src/uu/od/src/od.rs b/src/uu/od/src/od.rs
index 13476bf0760..79e497b1d31 100644
--- a/src/uu/od/src/od.rs
+++ b/src/uu/od/src/od.rs
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ fn extract_strings_from_input(
         match radix {
             Radix::NoPrefix => writeln!(writer, "{string_content}"),
             Radix::Decimal => writeln!(writer, "{offset:07} {string_content}"),
-            Radix::Hexadecimal => writeln!(writer, "{offset:07x} {string_content}"),
+            Radix::Hexadecimal => writeln!(writer, "{offset:06x} {string_content}"),
             Radix::Octal => writeln!(writer, "{offset:07o} {string_content}"),
         }
     };
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_od.rs b/tests/by-util/test_od.rs
index 4aa0dc8c596..66d89fa1a5f 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_od.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_od.rs
@@ -1404,6 +1404,14 @@ fn test_od_strings_option() {
         .succeeds()
         .stdout_is("0000001 hello\n0000007 world\n");
 
+    // Hexadecimal offsets use 6 digits, as in the normal dump
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .arg("-Ax")
+        .arg("-S3")
+        .pipe_in(b"\x01hello\x00world\x00ab\x00")
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_is("000001 hello\n000007 world\n");
+
     // Test with -S10 to show only strings with minimum length
     new_ucmd!()
         .arg("-S10")