diff --git a/BUILD.md b/BUILD.md
index 71066ef..af0a04e 100644
--- a/BUILD.md
+++ b/BUILD.md
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ make release
 Third-party libraries used
 --------------------------
 
-- [mattn/go-runewidth](https://github.com/mattn/go-runewidth)
-    - Licensed under [MIT](http://mattn.mit-license.org)
+- [rivo/uniseg](https://github.com/rivo/uniseg)
+    - Licensed under [MIT](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rivo/uniseg/master/LICENSE.txt)
 - [mattn/go-shellwords](https://github.com/mattn/go-shellwords)
     - Licensed under [MIT](http://mattn.mit-license.org)
 - [mattn/go-isatty](https://github.com/mattn/go-isatty)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 25cabe8..fe99cc6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ CHANGELOG
     ' --preview 'seq {} 10000' --preview-window up
     ```
   - And we're phasing out `{fzf:prompt}` and `{fzf:action}`
+- Changed [mattn/go-runewidth](https://github.com/mattn/go-runewidth) dependency to [rivo/uniseg](https://github.com/rivo/uniseg) for accurate results
+    - Set `--ambidouble` if your terminal displays characters with East Asian Width Class Ambiguous (e.g. box-drawing characters for borders) as 2 columns
 - Bug fixes
 
 0.45.0
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 18d4cd1..64e7e7c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ module github.com/junegunn/fzf
 
 require (
 	github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2 v2.5.4
-	github.com/junegunn/go-runewidth v0.0.15-0.20240119074001-7d2ea235ec54
+	github.com/junegunn/uniseg v0.0.0-20240120174029-b504da4f6ed2
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.17
 	github.com/mattn/go-shellwords v1.0.12
-	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4
 	github.com/saracen/walker v0.1.3
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.16.0
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gdamore/encoding v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.14 // indirect
+	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.5.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6b920d5..9945377 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ github.com/gdamore/encoding v1.0.0 h1:+7OoQ1Bc6eTm5niUzBa0Ctsh6JbMW6Ra+YNuAtDBdk
 github.com/gdamore/encoding v1.0.0/go.mod h1:alR0ol34c49FCSBLjhosxzcPHQbf2trDkoo5dl+VrEg=
 github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2 v2.5.4 h1:TGU4tSjD3sCL788vFNeJnTdzpNKIw1H5dgLnJRQVv/k=
 github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2 v2.5.4/go.mod h1:dZgRy5v4iMobMEcWNYBtREnDZAT9DYmfqIkrgEMxLyw=
-github.com/junegunn/go-runewidth v0.0.15-0.20240119074001-7d2ea235ec54 h1:eBbXiL4VPihi5C8DhESYtax8HYfgCDUkzVYigADhkzU=
-github.com/junegunn/go-runewidth v0.0.15-0.20240119074001-7d2ea235ec54/go.mod h1:Mq6NazeZhIIQPMFoInCi35AktcN/MuW2elHsDK5N52w=
+github.com/junegunn/uniseg v0.0.0-20240120174029-b504da4f6ed2 h1:oEwPBh29BPu1MaTsz2dM9bDrkOgKBoYFC0u6uY2izWo=
+github.com/junegunn/uniseg v0.0.0-20240120174029-b504da4f6ed2/go.mod h1:ywqF55XaSE3/uS2tkJqVFKiE0oIYAXRvU2N7DU4y3XQ=
 github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0 h1:1nnpGOrhyZZuNyfu1QjKiUICQ74+3FNCN69Aj6K7nkY=
 github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0/go.mod h1:R4dSotOR9KMtayYi1e77YzuveK+i7ruzyGqttikkLy0=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.17 h1:BTarxUcIeDqL27Mc+vyvdWYSL28zpIhv3RoTdsLMPng=
diff --git a/man/man1/fzf.1 b/man/man1/fzf.1
index 55db6d6..6e6417c 100644
--- a/man/man1/fzf.1
+++ b/man/man1/fzf.1
@@ -260,9 +260,8 @@ Draw border around the finder
 .br
 
 If you use a terminal emulator where each box-drawing character takes
-2 columns, try setting \fBRUNEWIDTH_EASTASIAN\fR environment variable to
-\fB0\fR or \fB1\fR. If the border is still not properly rendered, set
-\fB--no-unicode\fR.
+2 columns, try setting \fB--ambidouble\fR. If the border is still not properly
+rendered, set \fB--no-unicode\fR.
 
 .TP
 .BI "--border-label" [=LABEL]
@@ -313,6 +312,11 @@ the label. Label is printed on the top border line by default, add
 Use ASCII characters instead of Unicode drawing characters to draw borders,
 the spinner and the horizontal separator.
 
+.TP
+.B "--ambidouble"
+Set this option if your terminal displays characters with East Asian Width
+Class Ambiguous (e.g. box-drawing characters for borders) as 2 columns.
+
 .TP
 .BI "--margin=" MARGIN
 Comma-separated expression for margins around the finder.
diff --git a/src/options.go b/src/options.go
index b2d702d..fc614c5 100644
--- a/src/options.go
+++ b/src/options.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/junegunn/fzf/src/algo"
 	"github.com/junegunn/fzf/src/tui"
 	"github.com/junegunn/fzf/src/util"
+	"github.com/junegunn/uniseg"
 
-	"github.com/junegunn/go-runewidth"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-shellwords"
 )
 
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	BorderLabel  labelOpts
 	PreviewLabel labelOpts
 	Unicode      bool
+	Ambidouble   bool
 	Tabstop      int
 	ListenAddr   *listenAddress
 	Unsafe       bool
@@ -406,6 +407,7 @@ func defaultOptions() *Options {
 		Margin:       defaultMargin(),
 		Padding:      defaultMargin(),
 		Unicode:      true,
+		Ambidouble:   os.Getenv("RUNEWIDTH_EASTASIAN") == "1",
 		Tabstop:      8,
 		BorderLabel:  labelOpts{},
 		PreviewLabel: labelOpts{},
@@ -1593,8 +1595,6 @@ func parseOptions(opts *Options, allArgs []string) {
 		}
 	}
 	validateJumpLabels := false
-	validatePointer := false
-	validateMarker := false
 	for i := 0; i < len(allArgs); i++ {
 		arg := allArgs[i]
 		switch arg {
@@ -1774,10 +1774,8 @@ func parseOptions(opts *Options, allArgs []string) {
 			opts.Prompt = nextString(allArgs, &i, "prompt string required")
 		case "--pointer":
 			opts.Pointer = firstLine(nextString(allArgs, &i, "pointer sign string required"))
-			validatePointer = true
 		case "--marker":
 			opts.Marker = firstLine(nextString(allArgs, &i, "selected sign string required"))
-			validateMarker = true
 		case "--sync":
 			opts.Sync = true
 		case "--no-sync":
@@ -1845,6 +1843,10 @@ func parseOptions(opts *Options, allArgs []string) {
 			opts.Unicode = false
 		case "--unicode":
 			opts.Unicode = true
+		case "--ambidouble":
+			opts.Ambidouble = true
+		case "--no-ambidouble":
+			opts.Ambidouble = false
 		case "--margin":
 			opts.Margin = parseMargin(
 				"margin",
@@ -1903,10 +1905,8 @@ func parseOptions(opts *Options, allArgs []string) {
 				opts.Prompt = value
 			} else if match, value := optString(arg, "--pointer="); match {
 				opts.Pointer = firstLine(value)
-				validatePointer = true
 			} else if match, value := optString(arg, "--marker="); match {
 				opts.Marker = firstLine(value)
-				validateMarker = true
 			} else if match, value := optString(arg, "-n", "--nth="); match {
 				opts.Nth = splitNth(value)
 			} else if match, value := optString(arg, "--with-nth="); match {
@@ -2013,31 +2013,31 @@ func parseOptions(opts *Options, allArgs []string) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
-	if validatePointer {
-		if err := validateSign(opts.Pointer, "pointer"); err != nil {
-			errorExit(err.Error())
-		}
-	}
-
-	if validateMarker {
-		if err := validateSign(opts.Marker, "marker"); err != nil {
-			errorExit(err.Error())
-		}
-	}
 }
 
 func validateSign(sign string, signOptName string) error {
 	if sign == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%v cannot be empty", signOptName)
 	}
-	if runewidth.StringWidth(sign) > 2 {
+	if uniseg.StringWidth(sign) > 2 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%v display width should be up to 2", signOptName)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 func postProcessOptions(opts *Options) {
+	if opts.Ambidouble {
+		uniseg.EastAsianAmbiguousWidth = 2
+	}
+
+	if err := validateSign(opts.Pointer, "pointer"); err != nil {
+		errorExit(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	if err := validateSign(opts.Marker, "marker"); err != nil {
+		errorExit(err.Error())
+	}
+
 	if !opts.Version && !tui.IsLightRendererSupported() && opts.Height.size > 0 {
 		errorExit("--height option is currently not supported on this platform")
 	}
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ func postProcessOptions(opts *Options) {
 			errorExit("--scrollbar should be given one or two characters")
 		}
 		for _, r := range runes {
-			if runewidth.RuneWidth(r) != 1 {
+			if uniseg.StringWidth(string(r)) != 1 {
 				errorExit("scrollbar display width should be 1")
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/terminal.go b/src/terminal.go
index 7832cbb..b5763ab 100644
--- a/src/terminal.go
+++ b/src/terminal.go
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/junegunn/go-runewidth"
-	"github.com/rivo/uniseg"
+	"github.com/junegunn/uniseg"
 
 	"github.com/junegunn/fzf/src/tui"
 	"github.com/junegunn/fzf/src/util"
@@ -798,7 +797,7 @@ func NewTerminal(opts *Options, eventBox *util.EventBox) *Terminal {
 		t.separator, t.separatorLen = t.ansiLabelPrinter(bar, &tui.ColSeparator, true)
 	}
 	if t.unicode {
-		t.borderWidth = runewidth.RuneWidth('│')
+		t.borderWidth = uniseg.StringWidth("│")
 	}
 	if opts.Scrollbar == nil {
 		if t.unicode && t.borderWidth == 1 {
diff --git a/src/tui/light.go b/src/tui/light.go
index ae7cc0c..5092371 100644
--- a/src/tui/light.go
+++ b/src/tui/light.go
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
-	"github.com/junegunn/go-runewidth"
-	"github.com/rivo/uniseg"
+	"github.com/junegunn/uniseg"
 
 	"golang.org/x/term"
 )
@@ -804,7 +803,7 @@ func (w *LightWindow) drawBorderHorizontal(top, bottom bool) {
 	if w.preview {
 		color = ColPreviewBorder
 	}
-	hw := runewidth.RuneWidth(w.border.top)
+	hw := runeWidth(w.border.top)
 	if top {
 		w.Move(0, 0)
 		w.CPrint(color, repeat(w.border.top, w.width/hw))
@@ -842,13 +841,13 @@ func (w *LightWindow) drawBorderAround(onlyHorizontal bool) {
 	if w.preview {
 		color = ColPreviewBorder
 	}
-	hw := runewidth.RuneWidth(w.border.top)
-	tcw := runewidth.RuneWidth(w.border.topLeft) + runewidth.RuneWidth(w.border.topRight)
-	bcw := runewidth.RuneWidth(w.border.bottomLeft) + runewidth.RuneWidth(w.border.bottomRight)
+	hw := runeWidth(w.border.top)
+	tcw := runeWidth(w.border.topLeft) + runeWidth(w.border.topRight)
+	bcw := runeWidth(w.border.bottomLeft) + runeWidth(w.border.bottomRight)
 	rem := (w.width - tcw) % hw
 	w.CPrint(color, string(w.border.topLeft)+repeat(w.border.top, (w.width-tcw)/hw)+repeat(' ', rem)+string(w.border.topRight))
 	if !onlyHorizontal {
-		vw := runewidth.RuneWidth(w.border.left)
+		vw := runeWidth(w.border.left)
 		for y := 1; y < w.height-1; y++ {
 			w.Move(y, 0)
 			w.CPrint(color, string(w.border.left))
@@ -1020,7 +1019,7 @@ func wrapLine(input string, prefixLength int, max int, tabstop int) []wrappedLin
 		} else if rs[0] == '\r' {
 			w++
 		} else {
-			w = runewidth.StringWidth(str)
+			w = uniseg.StringWidth(str)
 		}
 		width += w
 
diff --git a/src/tui/tcell.go b/src/tui/tcell.go
index d1180ac..917dc9c 100644
--- a/src/tui/tcell.go
+++ b/src/tui/tcell.go
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2/encoding"
 	"github.com/junegunn/fzf/src/util"
 
-	"github.com/junegunn/go-runewidth"
-	"github.com/rivo/uniseg"
+	"github.com/junegunn/uniseg"
 )
 
 func HasFullscreenRenderer() bool {
@@ -738,7 +737,7 @@ func (w *TcellWindow) drawBorder(onlyHorizontal bool) {
 		style = w.normal.style()
 	}
 
-	hw := runewidth.RuneWidth(w.borderStyle.top)
+	hw := runeWidth(w.borderStyle.top)
 	switch shape {
 	case BorderRounded, BorderSharp, BorderBold, BorderBlock, BorderThinBlock, BorderDouble, BorderHorizontal, BorderTop:
 		max := right - 2*hw
@@ -773,7 +772,7 @@ func (w *TcellWindow) drawBorder(onlyHorizontal bool) {
 		}
 		switch shape {
 		case BorderRounded, BorderSharp, BorderBold, BorderBlock, BorderThinBlock, BorderDouble, BorderVertical, BorderRight:
-			vw := runewidth.RuneWidth(w.borderStyle.right)
+			vw := runeWidth(w.borderStyle.right)
 			for y := top; y < bot; y++ {
 				_screen.SetContent(right-vw, y, w.borderStyle.right, nil, style)
 			}
@@ -782,8 +781,8 @@ func (w *TcellWindow) drawBorder(onlyHorizontal bool) {
 	switch shape {
 	case BorderRounded, BorderSharp, BorderBold, BorderBlock, BorderThinBlock, BorderDouble:
 		_screen.SetContent(left, top, w.borderStyle.topLeft, nil, style)
-		_screen.SetContent(right-runewidth.RuneWidth(w.borderStyle.topRight), top, w.borderStyle.topRight, nil, style)
+		_screen.SetContent(right-runeWidth(w.borderStyle.topRight), top, w.borderStyle.topRight, nil, style)
 		_screen.SetContent(left, bot-1, w.borderStyle.bottomLeft, nil, style)
-		_screen.SetContent(right-runewidth.RuneWidth(w.borderStyle.bottomRight), bot-1, w.borderStyle.bottomRight, nil, style)
+		_screen.SetContent(right-runeWidth(w.borderStyle.bottomRight), bot-1, w.borderStyle.bottomRight, nil, style)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/tui/tui.go b/src/tui/tui.go
index 74129c1..a937e2b 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui.go
+++ b/src/tui/tui.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/junegunn/uniseg"
 )
 
 // Types of user action
@@ -812,3 +814,7 @@ func initPalette(theme *ColorTheme) {
 	ColPreviewScrollbar = pair(theme.PreviewScrollbar, theme.PreviewBg)
 	ColPreviewSpinner = pair(theme.Spinner, theme.PreviewBg)
 }
+
+func runeWidth(r rune) int {
+	return uniseg.StringWidth(string(r))
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util.go b/src/util/util.go
index 9188437..4695081 100644
--- a/src/util/util.go
+++ b/src/util/util.go
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/junegunn/go-runewidth"
+	"github.com/junegunn/uniseg"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
-	"github.com/rivo/uniseg"
 )
 
 // StringWidth returns string width where each CR/LF character takes 1 column
 func StringWidth(s string) int {
-	return runewidth.StringWidth(s) + strings.Count(s, "\n") + strings.Count(s, "\r")
+	return uniseg.StringWidth(s) + strings.Count(s, "\n") + strings.Count(s, "\r")
 }
 
 // RunesWidth returns runes width
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ func RepeatToFill(str string, length int, limit int) string {
 	output := strings.Repeat(str, times)
 	if rest > 0 {
 		for _, r := range str {
-			rest -= runewidth.RuneWidth(r)
+			rest -= uniseg.StringWidth(string(r))
 			if rest < 0 {
 				break
 			}