diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/display.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/display.rs
index 4d17562b61..fb0b366cf8 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/display.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/display.rs
@@ -162,11 +162,13 @@ enum SizeOrDeviceId {
 /// dir1:               <- This as well
 /// file11
 /// ```
+/// Returns the number of bytes the rendered name occupies, which `--dired`
+/// needs to place the header in `//SUBDIRED//`.
 pub fn show_dir_name(
     path_data: &PathData,
     out: &mut BufWriter<Stdout>,
     config: &Config,
-) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
     let escaped_name = escape_dir_name_with_locale(path_data.path().as_os_str(), config);
 
     let name = if config.hyperlink && !config.dired {
@@ -176,7 +178,8 @@ pub fn show_dir_name(
     };
 
     write_os_str(out, &name)?;
-    write!(out, ":")
+    write!(out, ":")?;
+    Ok(name.len())
 }
 
 fn escape_with_locale<F>(name: &OsStr, config: &Config, fallback: F) -> OsString
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
index 3b8eec3fd3..45a5d29e13 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
@@ -1078,29 +1078,23 @@ impl LsOutput for TextOutput<'_> {
         config: &Config,
         is_first: bool,
     ) -> UResult<()> {
-        if is_first {
-            if config.dired {
-                dired::indent(&mut self.state.out)?;
-            }
-            show_dir_name(path_data, &mut self.state.out, config)?;
-            writeln!(self.state.out)?;
-            if config.dired {
-                let dir_len = path_data.path().as_os_str().len();
-                dired::calculate_subdired(&mut self.dired, dir_len);
-                dired::add_dir_name(&mut self.dired, dir_len);
-            }
-        } else {
+        if !is_first {
             writeln!(self.state.out)?;
             if config.dired {
                 self.dired.line_offset += 1; // account for the blank line before recursive directory headings
                 self.dired.padding = 0;
-                dired::indent(&mut self.state.out)?;
-                let dir_name_size = path_data.path().as_os_str().len();
-                dired::calculate_subdired(&mut self.dired, dir_name_size);
-                dired::add_dir_name(&mut self.dired, dir_name_size);
             }
-            show_dir_name(path_data, &mut self.state.out, config)?;
-            writeln!(self.state.out)?;
+        }
+        if config.dired {
+            dired::indent(&mut self.state.out)?;
+        }
+        let name_len = show_dir_name(path_data, &mut self.state.out, config)?;
+        writeln!(self.state.out)?;
+        if config.dired {
+            // The header is rendered with the quoting style in force, so the
+            // offsets must follow the rendered name, not the raw path.
+            dired::calculate_subdired(&mut self.dired, name_len);
+            dired::add_dir_name(&mut self.dired, name_len);
         }
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
index 817d1b4052..0f6d74f7d0 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
@@ -5665,6 +5665,31 @@ fn test_ls_dired_order_format() {
         .stdout_contains("//DIRED//");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_ls_dired_offsets_follow_quoted_dir_headers() {
+    let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &scene.fixtures;
+    at.mkdir("a b");
+    at.touch("a b/x");
+    at.mkdir("it's");
+    at.touch("it's/y");
+
+    // Quoting lengthens the directory headers; both offset lists must follow
+    // the rendered header rather than the raw path.
+    let result = scene
+        .ucmd()
+        .args(&[
+            "--dired",
+            "-R",
+            "--quoting-style=shell-escape",
+            "a b",
+            "it's",
+        ])
+        .succeeds();
+    assert_eq!(dired_names(result.stdout_str()), ["x", "y"]);
+    assert_eq!(subdired_names(result.stdout_str()), ["'a b'", "\"it's\""]);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_ls_dired_and_zero_are_incompatible() {
     let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
@@ -5917,10 +5942,19 @@ fn test_ls_dired_symlink_name_only() {
 
 /// Extracts the file names delimited by the //DIRED// byte offsets.
 fn dired_names(output: &str) -> Vec<String> {
+    names_at_offsets(output, "//DIRED//")
+}
+
+/// Extracts the directory headers delimited by the //SUBDIRED// byte offsets.
+fn subdired_names(output: &str) -> Vec<String> {
+    names_at_offsets(output, "//SUBDIRED//")
+}
+
+fn names_at_offsets(output: &str, tag: &str) -> Vec<String> {
     let dired_line = output
         .lines()
-        .find(|&line| line.starts_with("//DIRED//"))
-        .unwrap();
+        .find(|&line| line.starts_with(tag))
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("no {tag} line in the output"));
     let positions: Vec<usize> = dired_line
         .split_whitespace()
         .skip(1)