diff --git a/.vscode/cspell.dictionaries/jargon.wordlist.txt b/.vscode/cspell.dictionaries/jargon.wordlist.txt
index cacaad1af19..2fd55eaf887 100644
--- a/.vscode/cspell.dictionaries/jargon.wordlist.txt
+++ b/.vscode/cspell.dictionaries/jargon.wordlist.txt
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ nocache
 nocreat
 noctty
 noerror
+noexec
 nofollow
 nolinks
 nonblock
diff --git a/src/uu/chroot/src/chroot.rs b/src/uu/chroot/src/chroot.rs
index 0ac59df17be..d079ea8b8a0 100644
--- a/src/uu/chroot/src/chroot.rs
+++ b/src/uu/chroot/src/chroot.rs
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ mod error;
 use crate::error::ChrootError;
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, Command};
 use std::ffi::CString;
-use std::io::Error;
+use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
 use std::os::unix::prelude::OsStrExt;
+use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-use std::process;
+use std::process::Command as ProcessCommand;
 use uucore::entries::{Locate, Passwd, grp2gid, usr2uid};
-use uucore::error::{UResult, UUsageError, set_exit_code};
+use uucore::error::{UResult, UUsageError};
 use uucore::fs::{MissingHandling, ResolveMode, canonicalize};
 use uucore::libc::{self, chroot, setgid, setgroups, setuid};
 use uucore::{format_usage, show};
@@ -205,33 +206,20 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
     assert!(!command.is_empty());
     let chroot_command = command[0];
-    let chroot_args = &command[1..];
 
     // NOTE: Tests can only trigger code beyond this point if they're invoked with root permissions
     set_context(&options)?;
 
-    let pstatus = match process::Command::new(chroot_command)
-        .args(chroot_args)
-        .status()
-    {
-        Ok(status) => status,
-        Err(e) => {
-            return Err(if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound {
-                ChrootError::CommandNotFound(command[0].to_string(), e)
-            } else {
-                ChrootError::CommandFailed(command[0].to_string(), e)
-            }
-            .into());
-        }
-    };
+    let err = ProcessCommand::new(chroot_command)
+        .args(&command[1..])
+        .exec();
 
-    let code = if pstatus.success() {
-        0
+    Err(if err.kind() == ErrorKind::NotFound {
+        ChrootError::CommandNotFound(chroot_command.to_owned(), err)
     } else {
-        pstatus.code().unwrap_or(-1)
-    };
-    set_exit_code(code);
-    Ok(())
+        ChrootError::CommandFailed(chroot_command.to_owned(), err)
+    }
+    .into())
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_chroot.rs b/tests/by-util/test_chroot.rs
index 38c3727b1cd..adeaf32bf6c 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_chroot.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_chroot.rs
@@ -188,6 +188,53 @@ fn test_default_shell() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_chroot_command_not_found_error() {
+    let ts = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &ts.fixtures;
+
+    let dir = "CHROOT_DIR";
+    at.mkdir(dir);
+
+    let missing = "definitely_missing_command";
+
+    if let Ok(result) = run_ucmd_as_root(&ts, &[dir, missing]) {
+        result
+            .failure()
+            .code_is(127)
+            .stderr_contains(format!("failed to run command '{missing}'"))
+            .stderr_contains("No such file or directory");
+    } else {
+        print!("Test skipped; requires root user");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_chroot_command_permission_denied_error() {
+    let ts = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &ts.fixtures;
+
+    let dir = "CHROOT_DIR";
+    at.mkdir(dir);
+
+    let script_path = format!("{dir}/noexec.sh");
+    at.write(&script_path, "#!/bin/sh\necho unreachable\n");
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    {
+        at.set_mode(&script_path, 0o644);
+    }
+
+    if let Ok(result) = run_ucmd_as_root(&ts, &[dir, "/noexec.sh"]) {
+        result
+            .failure()
+            .code_is(126)
+            .stderr_contains("failed to run command '/noexec.sh'")
+            .stderr_contains("Permission denied");
+    } else {
+        print!("Test skipped; requires root user");
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_chroot() {
     let ts = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
@@ -208,6 +255,27 @@ fn test_chroot() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_chroot_retains_uid_gid() {
+    let ts = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &ts.fixtures;
+
+    let dir = "CHROOT_DIR";
+    at.mkdir(dir);
+
+    if let Ok(result) = run_ucmd_as_root(&ts, &[dir, "id", "-u"]) {
+        result.success().no_stderr().stdout_is("0");
+    } else {
+        print!("Test skipped; requires root user");
+    }
+
+    if let Ok(result) = run_ucmd_as_root(&ts, &[dir, "id", "-g"]) {
+        result.success().no_stderr().stdout_is("0");
+    } else {
+        print!("Test skipped; requires root user");
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_chroot_skip_chdir_not_root() {
     let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();