diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3df301eac..c9a6094a0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -878,6 +878,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fundu"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "925250bc259498d4008ee072bf16586083ab2c491aa4b06b3c4d0a6556cebd74"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
 version = "0.3.25"
@@ -3094,6 +3100,7 @@ version = "0.0.17"
 dependencies = [
  "atty",
  "clap",
+ "fundu",
  "libc",
  "memchr",
  "nix",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 679f96d25..ebd8685ca 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # coreutils (uutils)
 # * see the repository LICENSE, README, and CONTRIBUTING files for more information
 
-# spell-checker:ignore (libs) libselinux gethostid procfs bigdecimal kqueue
+# spell-checker:ignore (libs) libselinux gethostid procfs bigdecimal kqueue fundu
 
 [package]
 name = "coreutils"
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ filetime = "0.2"
 fnv = "1.0.7"
 fs_extra = "1.1.0"
 fts-sys = "0.2"
+fundu = "0.3.0"
 gcd = "2.2"
 glob = "0.3.0"
 half = "2.1"
diff --git a/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
index d6dbf2fb7..12736f36a 100644
--- a/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# spell-checker:ignore (libs) kqueue fundu
 [package]
 name = "uu_tail"
 version = "0.0.17"
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ notify = { workspace=true }
 uucore = { workspace=true, features=["ringbuffer", "lines"] }
 same-file = { workspace=true }
 atty = { workspace=true }
+fundu = { workspace=true }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 windows-sys = { workspace=true, features = ["Win32_System_Threading", "Win32_Foundation"] }
diff --git a/src/uu/tail/src/args.rs b/src/uu/tail/src/args.rs
index 5f7ea1028..bfc314185 100644
--- a/src/uu/tail/src/args.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tail/src/args.rs
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 //  * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 //  * file that was distributed with this source code.
 
-// spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) kqueue Signum
+// spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) kqueue Signum fundu
 
 use crate::paths::Input;
 use crate::{parse, platform, Quotable};
 use atty::Stream;
 use clap::crate_version;
 use clap::{parser::ValueSource, Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command};
+use fundu::DurationParser;
 use same_file::Handle;
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
@@ -148,16 +149,20 @@ impl Settings {
         settings.retry =
             matches.get_flag(options::RETRY) || matches.get_flag(options::FOLLOW_RETRY);
 
-        if let Some(s) = matches.get_one::<String>(options::SLEEP_INT) {
-            settings.sleep_sec = match s.parse::<f32>() {
-                Ok(s) => Duration::from_secs_f32(s),
-                Err(_) => {
-                    return Err(UUsageError::new(
-                        1,
-                        format!("invalid number of seconds: {}", s.quote()),
-                    ))
-                }
-            }
+        if let Some(source) = matches.get_one::<String>(options::SLEEP_INT) {
+            // Advantage of `fundu` over `Duration::(try_)from_secs_f64(source.parse().unwrap())`:
+            // * doesn't panic on errors like `Duration::from_secs_f64` would.
+            // * no precision loss, rounding errors or other floating point problems.
+            // * evaluates to `Duration::MAX` if the parsed number would have exceeded
+            //   `DURATION::MAX` or `infinity` was given
+            // * not applied here but it supports customizable time units and provides better error
+            //   messages
+            settings.sleep_sec =
+                DurationParser::without_time_units()
+                    .parse(source)
+                    .map_err(|_| {
+                        UUsageError::new(1, format!("invalid number of seconds: '{source}'"))
+                    })?;
         }
 
         settings.use_polling = matches.get_flag(options::USE_POLLING);
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_tail.rs b/tests/by-util/test_tail.rs
index 5670e23c9..b2ec0e7bd 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_tail.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_tail.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use crate::common::random::*;
 use crate::common::util::*;
 use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
 use rand::distributions::Alphanumeric;
+use rstest::rstest;
 use std::char::from_digit;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::Write;
@@ -4453,29 +4454,24 @@ fn test_follow_when_files_are_pointing_to_same_relative_file_and_file_stays_same
         .stdout_only(expected_stdout);
 }
 
-#[test]
-#[cfg(disable_until_fixed)]
-fn test_args_sleep_interval_when_illegal_argument_then_usage_error() {
-    let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
-    for interval in [
-        &format!("{}0", f64::MAX),
-        &format!("{}0.0", f64::MAX),
-        "1_000",
-        ".",
-        "' '",
-        "",
-        " ",
-        "0,0",
-        "one.zero",
-        ".zero",
-        "one.",
-        "0..0",
-    ] {
-        scene
-            .ucmd()
-            .args(&["--sleep-interval", interval])
-            .run()
-            .usage_error(format!("invalid number of seconds: '{}'", interval))
-            .code_is(1);
-    }
+#[rstest]
+#[case::exponent_exceed_float_max("1.0e2048")]
+#[case::underscore_delimiter("1_000")]
+#[case::only_point(".")]
+#[case::space_in_primes("' '")]
+#[case::space(" ")]
+#[case::empty("")]
+#[case::comma_separator("0,0")]
+#[case::words_nominator_fract("one.zero")]
+#[case::words_fract(".zero")]
+#[case::words_nominator("one.")]
+#[case::two_points("0..0")]
+#[case::seconds_unit("1.0s")]
+#[case::circumflex_exponent("1.0e^1000")]
+fn test_args_sleep_interval_when_illegal_argument_then_usage_error(#[case] sleep_interval: &str) {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["--sleep-interval", sleep_interval])
+        .run()
+        .usage_error(format!("invalid number of seconds: '{sleep_interval}'"))
+        .code_is(1);
 }