diff --git a/src/uu/numfmt/src/format.rs b/src/uu/numfmt/src/format.rs
index 2196a865fb6..155e8b80b7f 100644
--- a/src/uu/numfmt/src/format.rs
+++ b/src/uu/numfmt/src/format.rs
@@ -735,10 +735,12 @@ fn transform_to(
         }
     };
     Ok(match s {
-        None if opts.to == Unit::None && precision <= u16::MAX.into() => localize(format_float(
-            round_with_precision(i2, round_method, precision),
-            precision,
-        )),
+        None if opts.to == Unit::None && precision <= u16::MAX.into() => {
+            let rounded = round_with_precision(i2, round_method, precision);
+            // rounding a small negative number leaves -0.0, which would print as "-0"
+            let rounded = if rounded == 0.0 { 0.0 } else { rounded };
+            localize(format_float(rounded, precision))
+        }
         None if is_precision_specified && precision <= u16::MAX.into() => {
             let i2 = round_with_precision(i2, round_method, 0);
             localize(format_float(i2, precision))
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_numfmt.rs b/tests/by-util/test_numfmt.rs
index 822f498180f..036da1c09cc 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_numfmt.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_numfmt.rs
@@ -254,6 +254,16 @@ fn test_negative_zero() {
         .stdout_is("0\n0.0");
 }
 
+// A negative number that rounds to zero prints an unsigned zero.
+#[rstest]
+#[case::round_up_format_precision(&["--round=up", "--format=%.0f", "--", "-0.3"], "0\n")]
+#[case::to_unit_round_nearest(&["--to-unit=10", "--round=nearest", "--", "-3"], "0\n")]
+#[case::zero_padded(&["--round=up", "--format=%05.0f", "--", "-0.3"], "00000\n")]
+#[case::fractional_precision(&["--round=nearest", "--format=%.1f", "--", "-0.04"], "0.0\n")]
+fn test_negative_number_rounded_to_zero(#[case] args: &[&str], #[case] expected: &str) {
+    new_ucmd!().args(args).succeeds().stdout_only(expected);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_no_op() {
     new_ucmd!()