diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 846c4a88..f14bc59a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -596,7 +596,9 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "gettext-rs",
+ "libc",
  "plib",
+ "walkdir",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -629,9 +631,9 @@ checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.78"
+version = "1.0.79"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e2422ad645d89c99f8f3e6b88a9fdeca7fabeac836b1002371c4367c8f984aae"
+checksum = "e835ff2298f5721608eb1a980ecaee1aef2c132bf95ecc026a11b7bf3c01c02e"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -720,6 +722,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "twox-hash",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "same-file"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93fc1dc3aaa9bfed95e02e6eadabb4baf7e3078b0bd1b4d7b6b0b68378900502"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.197"
@@ -823,18 +834,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.57"
+version = "1.0.58"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e45bcbe8ed29775f228095caf2cd67af7a4ccf756ebff23a306bf3e8b47b24b"
+checksum = "03468839009160513471e86a034bb2c5c0e4baae3b43f79ffc55c4a5427b3297"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.57"
+version = "1.0.58"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a953cb265bef375dae3de6663da4d3804eee9682ea80d8e2542529b73c531c81"
+checksum = "c61f3ba182994efc43764a46c018c347bc492c79f024e705f46567b418f6d4f7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -923,6 +934,16 @@ version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "walkdir"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "29790946404f91d9c5d06f9874efddea1dc06c5efe94541a7d6863108e3a5e4b"
+dependencies = [
+ "same-file",
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -945,6 +966,15 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f29e6f9198ba0d26b4c9f07dbe6f9ed633e1f3d5b8b414090084349e46a52596"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d939e49..114d64e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ https://github.com/jgarzik/posixutils
  - [ ] qstat (Batch cat.)
  - [ ] qsub (Batch cat.)
  - [x] renice
- - [ ] rm
+ - [x] rm
  - [ ] rmdel (SCCS)
  - [x] rmdir
  - [ ] sact (SCCS)
diff --git a/tree/Cargo.toml b/tree/Cargo.toml
index 6ecb86ff..658d3d9b 100644
--- a/tree/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tree/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ repository = "https://github.com/rustcoreutils/posixutils-rs.git"
 plib = { path = "../plib" }
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 gettext-rs = { version = "0.7", features = ["gettext-system"] }
+walkdir = "2.5"
+libc = "0.2"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "rm"
+path = "src/rm.rs"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "rmdir"
diff --git a/tree/src/rm.rs b/tree/src/rm.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5e6ce7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tree/src/rm.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Jeff Garzik
+//
+// This file is part of the posixutils-rs project covered under
+// the MIT License.  For the full license text, please see the LICENSE
+// file in the root directory of this project.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+
+extern crate clap;
+extern crate libc;
+extern crate plib;
+
+use clap::Parser;
+use gettextrs::{bind_textdomain_codeset, gettext, textdomain};
+use plib::PROJECT_NAME;
+use std::ffi::OsStr;
+use std::fs;
+use std::io::{self, BufRead, Write};
+use walkdir::WalkDir;
+
+/// rm - remove directory entries
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+#[command(author, version, about, long_about)]
+struct Args {
+    /// Do not prompt for confirmation.
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    force: bool,
+
+    /// Prompt for confirmation.
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    interactive: bool,
+
+    /// Remove file hierarchies.
+    #[arg(short, short_alias = 'r', long)]
+    recurse: bool,
+
+    /// Filepaths to remove
+    files: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+struct RmConfig {
+    args: Args,
+    is_tty: bool,
+}
+
+fn prompt(cfg: &RmConfig, filepath: &OsStr, metadata: &fs::Metadata) -> bool {
+    let writable = !metadata.permissions().readonly();
+
+    let do_prompt = cfg.args.interactive || (!cfg.args.force && !writable && cfg.is_tty);
+    if !do_prompt {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    let prompt = format!(
+        "{} {}? ",
+        gettext("remove read-only file"),
+        filepath.to_string_lossy()
+    );
+    io::stdout()
+        .write_all(prompt.as_bytes())
+        .expect("stdout failure");
+    io::stdout().flush().expect("stdout failure");
+
+    let mut line = String::new();
+    io::stdin()
+        .lock()
+        .read_line(&mut line)
+        .expect("stdin read failure");
+
+    line.starts_with("y") || line.starts_with("Y")
+}
+
+fn rm_file(cfg: &RmConfig, filepath: &OsStr, metadata: &fs::Metadata) -> io::Result<()> {
+    if prompt(cfg, filepath, metadata) {
+        fs::remove_file(filepath)
+    } else {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+fn rm_dir_simple(cfg: &RmConfig, filepath: &OsStr, metadata: &fs::Metadata) -> io::Result<()> {
+    if prompt(cfg, filepath, metadata) {
+        fs::remove_dir(filepath)
+    } else {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+fn rm_directory(cfg: &RmConfig, filepath: &OsStr) -> io::Result<()> {
+    if !cfg.args.recurse {
+        eprintln!(
+            "{} {}",
+            filepath.to_string_lossy(),
+            gettext("is a directory; not following")
+        );
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    for entry in WalkDir::new(filepath)
+        .contents_first(true)
+        .follow_links(false)
+    {
+        let entry = entry?;
+        let subname = entry.path().as_os_str();
+        let sub_metadata = entry.metadata()?;
+        if sub_metadata.is_dir() {
+            rm_dir_simple(cfg, subname, &sub_metadata)?;
+        } else {
+            rm_file(cfg, subname, &sub_metadata)?;
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn rm_path(cfg: &RmConfig, filepath: &OsStr) -> io::Result<()> {
+    let metadata = fs::metadata(filepath)?;
+
+    if metadata.is_dir() {
+        rm_directory(cfg, filepath)
+    } else {
+        rm_file(cfg, filepath, &metadata)
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    // parse command line arguments
+    let args = Args::parse();
+
+    textdomain(PROJECT_NAME)?;
+    bind_textdomain_codeset(PROJECT_NAME, "UTF-8")?;
+
+    let is_tty = unsafe { libc::isatty(libc::STDIN_FILENO) != 0 };
+    let cfg = RmConfig { args, is_tty };
+
+    let mut exit_code = 0;
+
+    for filepath_str in &cfg.args.files {
+        let filepath = OsStr::new(filepath_str);
+        match rm_path(&cfg, &filepath) {
+            Ok(()) => {}
+            Err(e) => {
+                exit_code = 1;
+                if !cfg.args.force {
+                    eprintln!("{}: {}", filepath.to_string_lossy(), e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::process::exit(exit_code)
+}