diff --git a/client/mysql.cc b/client/mysql.cc
index ab140b23405..055f883840e 100644
--- a/client/mysql.cc
+++ b/client/mysql.cc
@@ -2334,9 +2334,14 @@ print_table_data(MYSQL_RES *result)
     (void) tee_fputs("|", PAGER);
     for (uint off=0; (field = mysql_fetch_field(result)) ; off++)
     {
-      tee_fprintf(PAGER, " %-*s |",(int) min(field->max_length,
+      uint name_length= (uint) strlen(field->name);
+      uint numcells= charset_info->cset->numcells(charset_info,
+                                                  field->name,
+                                                  field->name + name_length);
+      uint display_length= field->max_length + name_length - numcells;
+      tee_fprintf(PAGER, " %-*s |",(int) min(display_length,
                                             MAX_COLUMN_LENGTH),
-		  field->name);
+                  field->name);
       num_flag[off]= IS_NUM(field->type);
       not_null_flag[off]= IS_NOT_NULL(field->flags);
     }