diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 77738518f97..2a362562515 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ uutests.workspace = true
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = [
   "mode",
   "entries",
+  "pipes",
   "process",
   "signals",
   "utmpx",
diff --git a/src/uu/comm/src/comm.rs b/src/uu/comm/src/comm.rs
index 80b20b53f18..37ac4de1c69 100644
--- a/src/uu/comm/src/comm.rs
+++ b/src/uu/comm/src/comm.rs
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ pub fn are_files_identical(path1: &Path, path2: &Path) -> io::Result<bool> {
         return Ok(false);
     }
 
+    // only proceed if both are regular files
+    if !metadata1.is_file() || !metadata2.is_file() {
+        return Ok(false);
+    }
+
     let file1 = File::open(path1)?;
     let file2 = File::open(path2)?;
 
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_comm.rs b/tests/by-util/test_comm.rs
index bf719d7fbd1..3194d270e94 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_comm.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_comm.rs
@@ -648,3 +648,42 @@ fn test_comm_eintr_handling() {
         .stdout_contains("line2")
         .stdout_contains("line3");
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
+fn test_comm_anonymous_pipes() {
+    use std::{io::Write, os::fd::AsRawFd, process};
+    use uucore::pipes::pipe;
+
+    let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+
+    // Open two anonymous pipes
+    let (comm1_reader, mut comm1_writer) = pipe().unwrap();
+    let (comm2_reader, mut comm2_writer) = pipe().unwrap();
+
+    // comm reads the data in chunks
+    // make content large enough, so that at least two chunks are read
+    // default buffer size is 8192, so with 6 characters (5 digits + \n) per line we need to write at least 1366 lines
+
+    // write 1500 lines into comm1: 00000\n00001\n...01500\n
+    let mut content = String::new();
+    for i in 0..1500 {
+        content.push_str(&format!("{i:05}\n"));
+    }
+    assert!(comm1_writer.write_all(content.as_bytes()).is_ok());
+    drop(comm1_writer);
+
+    // write into comm2: 00000\n00001\n...01500\n99999\n
+    content.push_str("99999\n");
+    assert!(comm2_writer.write_all(content.as_bytes()).is_ok());
+    drop(comm2_writer);
+
+    // run comm, showing unique lines in second input
+    let comm1_fd = format!("/proc/{}/fd/{}", process::id(), comm1_reader.as_raw_fd());
+    let comm2_fd = format!("/proc/{}/fd/{}", process::id(), comm2_reader.as_raw_fd());
+    scene
+        .ucmd()
+        .args(&["-13", &comm1_fd, &comm2_fd])
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_is("99999\n");
+}