diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/core_commands/overlay/use_.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/core_commands/overlay/use_.rs
index 052cdb7a9..e21fb843e 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/core_commands/overlay/use_.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/core_commands/overlay/use_.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use nu_engine::{eval_block, find_in_dirs_env, redirect_env, CallExt};
+use nu_parser::trim_quotes_str;
 use nu_protocol::ast::{Call, Expr};
 use nu_protocol::engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack};
 use nu_protocol::{
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ impl Command for OverlayUse {
         call: &Call,
         input: PipelineData,
     ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
-        let name_arg: Spanned<String> = call.req(engine_state, caller_stack, 0)?;
+        let mut name_arg: Spanned<String> = call.req(engine_state, caller_stack, 0)?;
+        name_arg.item = trim_quotes_str(&name_arg.item).to_string();
 
         let origin_module_id = if let Some(overlay_expr) = call.positional_nth(0) {
             if let Expr::Overlay(module_id) = overlay_expr.expr {
diff --git a/tests/overlays/mod.rs b/tests/overlays/mod.rs
index 57cca589d..b7267e985 100644
--- a/tests/overlays/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/overlays/mod.rs
@@ -993,3 +993,65 @@ fn overlay_preserve_hidden_alias() {
     assert_eq!(actual.out, "foo");
     assert_eq!(actual_repl.out, "foo");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn overlay_trim_single_quote() {
+    let inp = &[
+        r#"module spam { export def foo [] { "foo" } }"#,
+        r#"overlay use 'spam'"#,
+        r#"overlay list | last "#,
+    ];
+
+    let actual = nu!(cwd: "tests/overlays", pipeline(&inp.join("; ")));
+
+    assert_eq!(actual.out, "spam");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn overlay_trim_single_quote_hide() {
+    let inp = &[
+        r#"module spam { export def foo [] { "foo" } }"#,
+        r#"overlay use 'spam'"#,
+        r#"overlay hide spam "#,
+        r#"foo"#,
+    ];
+    let actual = nu!(cwd: "tests/overlays", pipeline(&inp.join("; ")));
+    let actual_repl = nu!(cwd: "tests/overlays", nu_repl_code(inp));
+
+    assert!(!actual.err.is_empty());
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    assert!(actual_repl.out != "foo");
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    assert!(!actual_repl.err.is_empty());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn overlay_trim_double_quote() {
+    let inp = &[
+        r#"module spam { export def foo [] { "foo" } }"#,
+        r#"overlay use "spam" "#,
+        r#"overlay list | last "#,
+    ];
+
+    let actual = nu!(cwd: "tests/overlays", pipeline(&inp.join("; ")));
+
+    assert_eq!(actual.out, "spam");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn overlay_trim_double_quote_hide() {
+    let inp = &[
+        r#"module spam { export def foo [] { "foo" } }"#,
+        r#"overlay use "spam" "#,
+        r#"overlay hide spam "#,
+        r#"foo"#,
+    ];
+    let actual = nu!(cwd: "tests/overlays", pipeline(&inp.join("; ")));
+    let actual_repl = nu!(cwd: "tests/overlays", nu_repl_code(inp));
+
+    assert!(!actual.err.is_empty());
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    assert!(actual_repl.out != "foo");
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    assert!(!actual_repl.err.is_empty());
+}