diff --git a/man/man1/fzf.1 b/man/man1/fzf.1
index 860c26e..9ff44c4 100644
--- a/man/man1/fzf.1
+++ b/man/man1/fzf.1
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ A synonym for \fB--layout=reverse\fB
 .TP
 .B "--border"
 Draw border above and below the finder
+
+.TP
+.B "--no-unicode"
+Use ASCII characters instead of Unicode box drawing characters to draw border
+
 .TP
 .BI "--margin=" MARGIN
 Comma-separated expression for margins around the finder.
diff --git a/src/options.go b/src/options.go
index f538259..59cdccc 100644
--- a/src/options.go
+++ b/src/options.go
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	HeaderLines int
 	Margin      [4]sizeSpec
 	Bordered    bool
+	Unicode     bool
 	Tabstop     int
 	ClearOnExit bool
 	Version     bool
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@ func defaultOptions() *Options {
 		Header:      make([]string, 0),
 		HeaderLines: 0,
 		Margin:      defaultMargin(),
+		Unicode:     true,
 		Tabstop:     8,
 		ClearOnExit: true,
 		Version:     false}
@@ -1152,6 +1154,10 @@ func parseOptions(opts *Options, allArgs []string) {
 			opts.Bordered = false
 		case "--border":
 			opts.Bordered = true
+		case "--no-unicode":
+			opts.Unicode = false
+		case "--unicode":
+			opts.Unicode = true
 		case "--margin":
 			opts.Margin = parseMargin(
 				nextString(allArgs, &i, "margin required (TRBL / TB,RL / T,RL,B / T,R,B,L)"))
diff --git a/src/terminal.go b/src/terminal.go
index 8b65e91..1741b4d 100644
--- a/src/terminal.go
+++ b/src/terminal.go
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ type Terminal struct {
 	tabstop    int
 	margin     [4]sizeSpec
 	strong     tui.Attr
+	unicode    bool
 	bordered   bool
 	cleanExit  bool
 	border     tui.Window
@@ -391,6 +392,7 @@ func NewTerminal(opts *Options, eventBox *util.EventBox) *Terminal {
 		printQuery: opts.PrintQuery,
 		history:    opts.History,
 		margin:     opts.Margin,
+		unicode:    opts.Unicode,
 		bordered:   opts.Bordered,
 		cleanExit:  opts.ClearOnExit,
 		strong:     strongAttr,
@@ -600,11 +602,12 @@ func (t *Terminal) resizeWindows() {
 			marginInt[0]-1,
 			marginInt[3],
 			width,
-			height+2, tui.BorderHorizontal)
+			height+2, tui.MakeBorderStyle(tui.BorderHorizontal, t.unicode))
 	}
+	noBorder := tui.MakeBorderStyle(tui.BorderNone, t.unicode)
 	if previewVisible {
 		createPreviewWindow := func(y int, x int, w int, h int) {
-			t.pborder = t.tui.NewWindow(y, x, w, h, tui.BorderAround)
+			t.pborder = t.tui.NewWindow(y, x, w, h, tui.MakeBorderStyle(tui.BorderAround, t.unicode))
 			pwidth := w - 4
 			// ncurses auto-wraps the line when the cursor reaches the right-end of
 			// the window. To prevent unintended line-wraps, we use the width one
@@ -612,28 +615,28 @@ func (t *Terminal) resizeWindows() {
 			if !t.preview.wrap && t.tui.DoesAutoWrap() {
 				pwidth += 1
 			}
-			t.pwindow = t.tui.NewWindow(y+1, x+2, pwidth, h-2, tui.BorderNone)
+			t.pwindow = t.tui.NewWindow(y+1, x+2, pwidth, h-2, noBorder)
 		}
 		switch t.preview.position {
 		case posUp:
 			pheight := calculateSize(height, t.preview.size, minHeight, 3)
 			t.window = t.tui.NewWindow(
-				marginInt[0]+pheight, marginInt[3], width, height-pheight, tui.BorderNone)
+				marginInt[0]+pheight, marginInt[3], width, height-pheight, noBorder)
 			createPreviewWindow(marginInt[0], marginInt[3], width, pheight)
 		case posDown:
 			pheight := calculateSize(height, t.preview.size, minHeight, 3)
 			t.window = t.tui.NewWindow(
-				marginInt[0], marginInt[3], width, height-pheight, tui.BorderNone)
+				marginInt[0], marginInt[3], width, height-pheight, noBorder)
 			createPreviewWindow(marginInt[0]+height-pheight, marginInt[3], width, pheight)
 		case posLeft:
 			pwidth := calculateSize(width, t.preview.size, minWidth, 5)
 			t.window = t.tui.NewWindow(
-				marginInt[0], marginInt[3]+pwidth, width-pwidth, height, tui.BorderNone)
+				marginInt[0], marginInt[3]+pwidth, width-pwidth, height, noBorder)
 			createPreviewWindow(marginInt[0], marginInt[3], pwidth, height)
 		case posRight:
 			pwidth := calculateSize(width, t.preview.size, minWidth, 5)
 			t.window = t.tui.NewWindow(
-				marginInt[0], marginInt[3], width-pwidth, height, tui.BorderNone)
+				marginInt[0], marginInt[3], width-pwidth, height, noBorder)
 			createPreviewWindow(marginInt[0], marginInt[3]+width-pwidth, pwidth, height)
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -641,7 +644,7 @@ func (t *Terminal) resizeWindows() {
 			marginInt[0],
 			marginInt[3],
 			width,
-			height, tui.BorderNone)
+			height, noBorder)
 	}
 	for i := 0; i < t.window.Height(); i++ {
 		t.window.MoveAndClear(i, 0)
diff --git a/src/tui/light.go b/src/tui/light.go
index edeb621..2c2dc00 100644
--- a/src/tui/light.go
+++ b/src/tui/light.go
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ func (r *LightRenderer) findOffset() (row int, col int) {
 	return -1, -1
 }
 
-func repeat(s string, times int) string {
+func repeat(r rune, times int) string {
 	if times > 0 {
-		return strings.Repeat(s, times)
+		return strings.Repeat(string(r), times)
 	}
 	return ""
 }
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ func (r *LightRenderer) NewWindow(top int, left int, width int, height int, bord
 }
 
 func (w *LightWindow) drawBorder() {
-	switch w.border {
+	switch w.border.shape {
 	case BorderAround:
 		w.drawBorderAround()
 	case BorderHorizontal:
@@ -686,22 +686,24 @@ func (w *LightWindow) drawBorder() {
 
 func (w *LightWindow) drawBorderHorizontal() {
 	w.Move(0, 0)
-	w.CPrint(ColBorder, AttrRegular, repeat("─", w.width))
+	w.CPrint(ColBorder, AttrRegular, repeat(w.border.horizontal, w.width))
 	w.Move(w.height-1, 0)
-	w.CPrint(ColBorder, AttrRegular, repeat("─", w.width))
+	w.CPrint(ColBorder, AttrRegular, repeat(w.border.horizontal, w.width))
 }
 
 func (w *LightWindow) drawBorderAround() {
 	w.Move(0, 0)
-	w.CPrint(ColBorder, AttrRegular, "┌"+repeat("─", w.width-2)+"┐")
+	w.CPrint(ColBorder, AttrRegular,
+		string(w.border.topLeft)+repeat(w.border.horizontal, w.width-2)+string(w.border.topRight))
 	for y := 1; y < w.height-1; y++ {
 		w.Move(y, 0)
-		w.CPrint(ColBorder, AttrRegular, "│")
-		w.cprint2(colDefault, w.bg, AttrRegular, repeat(" ", w.width-2))
-		w.CPrint(ColBorder, AttrRegular, "│")
+		w.CPrint(ColBorder, AttrRegular, string(w.border.vertical))
+		w.cprint2(colDefault, w.bg, AttrRegular, repeat(' ', w.width-2))
+		w.CPrint(ColBorder, AttrRegular, string(w.border.vertical))
 	}
 	w.Move(w.height-1, 0)
-	w.CPrint(ColBorder, AttrRegular, "└"+repeat("─", w.width-2)+"┘")
+	w.CPrint(ColBorder, AttrRegular,
+		string(w.border.bottomLeft)+repeat(w.border.horizontal, w.width-2)+string(w.border.bottomRight))
 }
 
 func (w *LightWindow) csi(code string) {
@@ -762,7 +764,7 @@ func (w *LightWindow) MoveAndClear(y int, x int) {
 	w.Move(y, x)
 	// We should not delete preview window on the right
 	// csi("K")
-	w.Print(repeat(" ", w.width-x))
+	w.Print(repeat(' ', w.width-x))
 	w.Move(y, x)
 }
 
@@ -858,7 +860,7 @@ func wrapLine(input string, prefixLength int, max int, tabstop int) []wrappedLin
 		width += w
 		str := string(r)
 		if r == '\t' {
-			str = repeat(" ", w)
+			str = repeat(' ', w)
 		}
 		if prefixLength+width <= max {
 			line += str
diff --git a/src/tui/tcell.go b/src/tui/tcell.go
index d337385..098e8a1 100644
--- a/src/tui/tcell.go
+++ b/src/tui/tcell.go
@@ -61,12 +61,8 @@ func (w *TcellWindow) Refresh() {
 	}
 	w.lastX = 0
 	w.lastY = 0
-	switch w.borderStyle {
-	case BorderAround:
-		w.drawBorder(true)
-	case BorderHorizontal:
-		w.drawBorder(false)
-	}
+
+	w.drawBorder()
 }
 
 func (w *TcellWindow) FinishFill() {
@@ -570,7 +566,11 @@ func (w *TcellWindow) CFill(fg Color, bg Color, a Attr, str string) FillReturn {
 	return w.fillString(str, NewColorPair(fg, bg), a)
 }
 
-func (w *TcellWindow) drawBorder(around bool) {
+func (w *TcellWindow) drawBorder() {
+	if w.borderStyle.shape == BorderNone {
+		return
+	}
+
 	left := w.left
 	right := left + w.width
 	top := w.top
@@ -584,19 +584,19 @@ func (w *TcellWindow) drawBorder(around bool) {
 	}
 
 	for x := left; x < right; x++ {
-		_screen.SetContent(x, top, tcell.RuneHLine, nil, style)
-		_screen.SetContent(x, bot-1, tcell.RuneHLine, nil, style)
+		_screen.SetContent(x, top, w.borderStyle.horizontal, nil, style)
+		_screen.SetContent(x, bot-1, w.borderStyle.horizontal, nil, style)
 	}
 
-	if around {
+	if w.borderStyle.shape == BorderAround {
 		for y := top; y < bot; y++ {
-			_screen.SetContent(left, y, tcell.RuneVLine, nil, style)
-			_screen.SetContent(right-1, y, tcell.RuneVLine, nil, style)
+			_screen.SetContent(left, y, w.borderStyle.vertical, nil, style)
+			_screen.SetContent(right-1, y, w.borderStyle.vertical, nil, style)
 		}
 
-		_screen.SetContent(left, top, tcell.RuneULCorner, nil, style)
-		_screen.SetContent(right-1, top, tcell.RuneURCorner, nil, style)
-		_screen.SetContent(left, bot-1, tcell.RuneLLCorner, nil, style)
-		_screen.SetContent(right-1, bot-1, tcell.RuneLRCorner, nil, style)
+		_screen.SetContent(left, top, w.borderStyle.topLeft, nil, style)
+		_screen.SetContent(right-1, top, w.borderStyle.topRight, nil, style)
+		_screen.SetContent(left, bot-1, w.borderStyle.bottomLeft, nil, style)
+		_screen.SetContent(right-1, bot-1, w.borderStyle.bottomRight, nil, style)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/tui/tui.go b/src/tui/tui.go
index 5d0035d..be5bd26 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui.go
+++ b/src/tui/tui.go
@@ -201,14 +201,47 @@ type MouseEvent struct {
 	Mod    bool
 }
 
-type BorderStyle int
+type BorderShape int
 
 const (
-	BorderNone BorderStyle = iota
+	BorderNone BorderShape = iota
 	BorderAround
 	BorderHorizontal
 )
 
+type BorderStyle struct {
+	shape       BorderShape
+	horizontal  rune
+	vertical    rune
+	topLeft     rune
+	topRight    rune
+	bottomLeft  rune
+	bottomRight rune
+}
+
+func MakeBorderStyle(shape BorderShape, unicode bool) BorderStyle {
+	if unicode {
+		return BorderStyle{
+			shape:       shape,
+			horizontal:  '─',
+			vertical:    '│',
+			topLeft:     '┌',
+			topRight:    '┐',
+			bottomLeft:  '└',
+			bottomRight: '┘',
+		}
+	}
+	return BorderStyle{
+		shape:       shape,
+		horizontal:  '-',
+		vertical:    '|',
+		topLeft:     '+',
+		topRight:    '+',
+		bottomLeft:  '+',
+		bottomRight: '+',
+	}
+}
+
 type Renderer interface {
 	Init()
 	Pause(clear bool)