diff --git a/include/Main.awk b/include/Main.awk
index c85bd772..69a06139 100644
--- a/include/Main.awk
+++ b/include/Main.awk
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ function initMisc(    command, group, temp) {
     if (Option["no-bidi"] || BiDiTerm == "mlterm")
         # mlterm implements its own padding
         BiDi = BiDiNoPad = NULLSTR
-    else if (!Option["force-bidi"] && BiDiTerm == "konsole") {
-        # konsole implements no padding; we should handle this
+    else if (!Option["force-bidi"] && (BiDiTerm == "vte" || BiDiTerm == "konsole")) {
+        # vte & konsole implement no padding; we should handle this
         BiDiNoPad = NULLSTR
         BiDi = "sed \"s/'/\\\\\\'/\" | xargs -0 printf '%%%ss'"
     }
diff --git a/include/Utils.awk b/include/Utils.awk
index 9a30e6f9..0ea2ee79 100644
--- a/include/Utils.awk
+++ b/include/Utils.awk
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ function initBiDiTerm() {
         BiDiTerm = "mlterm"
     else if (ENVIRON["KONSOLE_VERSION"])
         BiDiTerm = "konsole"
+    else if (ENVIRON["VTE_VERSION"])
+        if (int(ENVIRON["VTE_VERSION"]) >= 5703)
+            BiDiTerm = "vte"
 }
 
 # Detect external bidirectional algorithm utility (fribidi);