diff --git a/src/EditProfileDialog.cpp b/src/EditProfileDialog.cpp
index dbc54b91c0d1760ec6bbea4fce0b9dbf64ffa50a..a85cd5b3e9f151d3e1f8c038fb5ac06996be9b02 100644
--- a/src/EditProfileDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/EditProfileDialog.cpp
@@ -447,6 +447,10 @@ void EditProfileDialog::setupAppearancePage(const Profile::Ptr profile)
 
     _ui->boldIntenseButton->setChecked(profile->boldIntense());
     connect(_ui->boldIntenseButton, &QCheckBox::toggled, this, &Konsole::EditProfileDialog::setBoldIntense);
+
+    _ui->useFontLineCharactersButton->setChecked(profile->useFontLineCharacters());
+    connect(_ui->useFontLineCharactersButton, &QCheckBox::toggled, this, &Konsole::EditProfileDialog::useFontLineCharacters);
+
     _ui->enableMouseWheelZoomButton->setChecked(profile->mouseWheelZoomEnabled());
     connect(_ui->enableMouseWheelZoomButton, &QCheckBox::toggled, this, &Konsole::EditProfileDialog::toggleMouseWheelZoom);
 }
@@ -474,6 +478,11 @@ void EditProfileDialog::setBoldIntense(bool enable)
     preview(Profile::BoldIntense, enable);
     updateTempProfileProperty(Profile::BoldIntense, enable);
 }
+void EditProfileDialog::useFontLineCharacters(bool enable)
+{
+    preview(Profile::UseFontLineCharacters, enable);
+    updateTempProfileProperty(Profile::UseFontLineCharacters, enable);
+}
 void EditProfileDialog::toggleMouseWheelZoom(bool enable)
 {
     updateTempProfileProperty(Profile::MouseWheelZoomEnabled, enable);
diff --git a/src/EditProfileDialog.h b/src/EditProfileDialog.h
index 64e32638bff1070f503d698f8bbaf32ed185961c..1195c1400419892b3e492818543b2b0cec54f56c 100644
--- a/src/EditProfileDialog.h
+++ b/src/EditProfileDialog.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ private slots:
     void showAllFontsButtonWarning(bool enable);
     void setAntialiasText(bool enable);
     void setBoldIntense(bool enable);
+    void useFontLineCharacters(bool enable);
     void showFontDialog();
     void newColorScheme();
     void editColorScheme();
diff --git a/src/EditProfileDialog.ui b/src/EditProfileDialog.ui
index 7b86c6fb4e55980c882da86cc3b00b050cf0d831..1acec377ba989ee983a94d3019539aed59fcb24d 100644
--- a/src/EditProfileDialog.ui
+++ b/src/EditProfileDialog.ui
@@ -613,6 +613,16 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="useFontLineCharactersButton">
+            <property name="toolTip">
+             <string>Use the selected font for line characters instead of the builtin code</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Use line characters contained in font</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
          </layout>
         </widget>
        </item>
diff --git a/src/Profile.cpp b/src/Profile.cpp
index c58eacd5464d43bb1c024cfb8e040e1a0bfad5c4..06fe5b1eceaab985a70176a6d1997ccd1a237ab6 100644
--- a/src/Profile.cpp
+++ b/src/Profile.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ const Profile::PropertyInfo Profile::DefaultPropertyNames[] = {
     , { ColorScheme , "colors" , 0 , QVariant::String }
     , { AntiAliasFonts, "AntiAliasFonts" , APPEARANCE_GROUP , QVariant::Bool }
     , { BoldIntense, "BoldIntense", APPEARANCE_GROUP, QVariant::Bool }
+    , { UseFontLineCharacters, "UseFontLineChararacters", APPEARANCE_GROUP, QVariant::Bool }
     , { LineSpacing , "LineSpacing" , APPEARANCE_GROUP , QVariant::Int }
 
     // Keyboard
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ FallbackProfile::FallbackProfile()
     setProperty(DefaultEncoding, QString(QTextCodec::codecForLocale()->name()));
     setProperty(AntiAliasFonts, true);
     setProperty(BoldIntense, true);
+    setProperty(UseFontLineCharacters, false);
 
     setProperty(WordCharacters, ":@-./_~?&=%+#");
 
diff --git a/src/Profile.h b/src/Profile.h
index 37a0559b477752674d86a632a20e96391fc1b274..de74afade4cf6715f872c98ee67de93441885e3f 100644
--- a/src/Profile.h
+++ b/src/Profile.h
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ public:
         /** (bool) Whether character with intense colors should be rendered
          * in bold font or just in bright color. */
         BoldIntense,
+        /** (bool) Whether to use font's line characters instead of the
+         * builtin code. */
+        UseFontLineCharacters,
         /** (bool) Whether new sessions should be started in the same
          * directory as the currently active session.
          */
@@ -479,6 +482,11 @@ public:
         return property<bool>(Profile::BoldIntense);
     }
 
+    /** Convenience method for property<bool>(Profile::UseFontLineCharacters)*/
+    bool useFontLineCharacters() const {
+        return property<bool>(Profile::UseFontLineCharacters);
+    }
+
     /** Convenience method for property<bool>(Profile::StartInCurrentSessionDir) */
     bool startInCurrentSessionDir() const {
         return property<bool>(Profile::StartInCurrentSessionDir);
diff --git a/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp b/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
index c7fb3c64895ac1cf1e61569e59b734c143c6a6af..4f28837dad003bda9d6dac6a412c02352f1608aa 100644
--- a/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
+++ b/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ TerminalDisplay::TerminalDisplay(QWidget* parent)
     , _filterUpdateRequired(true)
     , _cursorShape(Enum::BlockCursor)
     , _antialiasText(true)
+    , _useFontLineCharacters(false)
     , _printerFriendly(false)
     , _sessionController(0)
     , _trimTrailingSpaces(false)
@@ -854,7 +855,7 @@ void TerminalDisplay::drawCharacters(QPainter& painter,
     }
 
     // draw text
-    if (isLineCharString(text)) {
+    if (isLineCharString(text) && !_useFontLineCharacters) {
         drawLineCharString(painter, rect.x(), rect.y(), text, style);
     } else {
         // Force using LTR as the document layout for the terminal area, because
diff --git a/src/TerminalDisplay.h b/src/TerminalDisplay.h
index 7f09a5291821f30bc6700b22fac4670169df289d..93c98abbc9d2d77c30570ef9203ef8533aad2c98 100644
--- a/src/TerminalDisplay.h
+++ b/src/TerminalDisplay.h
@@ -414,6 +414,21 @@ public:
         return _boldIntense;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Specifies whether line characters will be displayed using font instead
+     * of builtin code.
+     * as bold. Defaults to false.
+     */
+    void setUseFontLineCharacters(bool value) {
+        _useFontLineCharacters = value;
+    }
+    /**
+     * Returns true if font line characters will be used.
+     */
+    bool getFontLineCharacters() const {
+        return _useFontLineCharacters;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets whether or not the current height and width of the
      * terminal in lines and columns is displayed whilst the widget
@@ -920,6 +935,7 @@ private:
     InputMethodData _inputMethodData;
 
     bool _antialiasText;   // do we anti-alias or not
+    bool _useFontLineCharacters;
 
     bool _printerFriendly; // are we currently painting to a printer in black/white mode
 
diff --git a/src/ViewManager.cpp b/src/ViewManager.cpp
index da2ccd97bebd6f387759ac27b711795095a21e6a..90ef863bdfaa07b0f8f97e34098ebd5e14b5c686 100644
--- a/src/ViewManager.cpp
+++ b/src/ViewManager.cpp
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ void ViewManager::applyProfileToView(TerminalDisplay* view , const Profile::Ptr
     // load font
     view->setAntialias(profile->antiAliasFonts());
     view->setBoldIntense(profile->boldIntense());
+    view->setUseFontLineCharacters(profile->useFontLineCharacters());
     view->setVTFont(profile->font());
 
     // set scroll-bar position