diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6447c1eb49..65d88d13e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Features
 
 - Correctly render tab stops in --show-all, see #2038 (@Synthetica9)
+- Enable BusyBox less as pager, see #2162 (@nfisher1226)
 
 ## Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/src/less.rs b/src/less.rs
index 9de6d50823..66ec40689f 100644
--- a/src/less.rs
+++ b/src/less.rs
@@ -3,21 +3,38 @@
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::process::Command;
 
-pub fn retrieve_less_version(less_path: &dyn AsRef<OsStr>) -> Option<usize> {
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub enum LessVersion {
+    Less(usize),
+    BusyBox,
+}
+
+pub fn retrieve_less_version(less_path: &dyn AsRef<OsStr>) -> Option<LessVersion> {
     let resolved_path = grep_cli::resolve_binary(less_path.as_ref()).ok()?;
 
     let cmd = Command::new(resolved_path).arg("--version").output().ok()?;
-    parse_less_version(&cmd.stdout)
+    if cmd.status.success() {
+        parse_less_version(&cmd.stdout)
+    } else {
+        parse_less_version_busybox(&cmd.stderr)
+    }
 }
 
-fn parse_less_version(output: &[u8]) -> Option<usize> {
+fn parse_less_version(output: &[u8]) -> Option<LessVersion> {
     if !output.starts_with(b"less ") {
         return None;
     }
 
     let version = std::str::from_utf8(&output[5..]).ok()?;
     let end = version.find(|c: char| !c.is_ascii_digit())?;
-    version[..end].parse::<usize>().ok()
+    Some(LessVersion::Less(version[..end].parse::<usize>().ok()?))
+}
+
+fn parse_less_version_busybox(output: &[u8]) -> Option<LessVersion> {
+    match std::str::from_utf8(output) {
+        Ok(version) if version.contains("BusyBox ") => Some(LessVersion::BusyBox),
+        _ => None,
+    }
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -30,7 +47,7 @@ For information about the terms of redistribution,
 see the file named README in the less distribution.
 Homepage: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less";
 
-    assert_eq!(Some(487), parse_less_version(output));
+    assert_eq!(Some(LessVersion::Less(487)), parse_less_version(output));
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -43,7 +60,7 @@ For information about the terms of redistribution,
 see the file named README in the less distribution.
 Homepage: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less";
 
-    assert_eq!(Some(529), parse_less_version(output));
+    assert_eq!(Some(LessVersion::Less(529)), parse_less_version(output));
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -56,7 +73,7 @@ For information about the terms of redistribution,
 see the file named README in the less distribution.
 Home page: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less";
 
-    assert_eq!(Some(551), parse_less_version(output));
+    assert_eq!(Some(LessVersion::Less(551)), parse_less_version(output));
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -69,7 +86,7 @@ For information about the terms of redistribution,
 see the file named README in the less distribution.
 Home page: https://greenwoodsoftware.com/less";
 
-    assert_eq!(Some(581), parse_less_version(output));
+    assert_eq!(Some(LessVersion::Less(581)), parse_less_version(output));
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -77,4 +94,38 @@ fn test_parse_less_version_wrong_program() {
     let output = b"more from util-linux 2.34";
 
     assert_eq!(None, parse_less_version(output));
+    assert_eq!(None, parse_less_version_busybox(output));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_parse_less_version_busybox() {
+    let output = b"pkg/less: unrecognized option '--version'
+BusyBox v1.35.0 (2022-04-21 10:38:11 EDT) multi-call binary.
+
+Usage: less [-EFIMmNSRh~] [FILE]...
+
+View FILE (or stdin) one screenful at a time
+
+        -E      Quit once the end of a file is reached
+        -F      Quit if entire file fits on first screen
+        -I      Ignore case in all searches
+        -M,-m   Display status line with line numbers
+                and percentage through the file
+        -N      Prefix line number to each line
+        -S      Truncate long lines
+        -R      Remove color escape codes in input
+        -~      Suppress ~s displayed past EOF";
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        Some(LessVersion::BusyBox),
+        parse_less_version_busybox(output)
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_parse_less_version_invalid_utf_8() {
+    let output = b"\xff";
+
+    assert_eq!(None, parse_less_version(output));
+    assert_eq!(None, parse_less_version_busybox(output));
 }
diff --git a/src/output.rs b/src/output.rs
index 5ab3680bcd..55ec1cefc7 100644
--- a/src/output.rs
+++ b/src/output.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::process::Child;
 
 use crate::error::*;
 #[cfg(feature = "paging")]
-use crate::less::retrieve_less_version;
+use crate::less::{retrieve_less_version, LessVersion};
 #[cfg(feature = "paging")]
 use crate::paging::PagingMode;
 #[cfg(feature = "paging")]
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ impl OutputType {
             let replace_arguments_to_less = pager.source == PagerSource::EnvVarPager;
 
             if args.is_empty() || replace_arguments_to_less {
-                p.arg("--RAW-CONTROL-CHARS");
+                p.arg("-R"); // Short version of --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS for maximum compatibility
                 if single_screen_action == SingleScreenAction::Quit {
-                    p.arg("--quit-if-one-screen");
+                    p.arg("-F"); // Short version of --quit-if-one-screen for compatibility
                 }
 
                 if wrapping_mode == WrappingMode::NoWrapping(true) {
-                    p.arg("--chop-long-lines");
+                    p.arg("-S"); // Short version of --chop-long-lines for compatibility
                 }
 
                 // Passing '--no-init' fixes a bug with '--quit-if-one-screen' in older
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ impl OutputType {
                     None => {
                         p.arg("--no-init");
                     }
-                    Some(version) if (version < 530 || (cfg!(windows) && version < 558)) => {
+                    Some(LessVersion::Less(version))
+                        if (version < 530 || (cfg!(windows) && version < 558)) =>
+                    {
                         p.arg("--no-init");
                     }
                     _ => {}