diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index aa71674731e23a1855dbb691ed057444958700b5..e7fcc734b535226b69df78d3d80d9971317ee059 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -1996,12 +1996,12 @@ lo_import 152801
           the number the more borders and lines the tables will have,
           but this depends on the particular format. In
           <acronym>HTML</acronym> format, this will translate directly
-          into the <literal>border=...</literal> attribute; in the
-          other formats only values 0 (no border), 1 (internal dividing lines),
-          and 2 (table frame) make sense.
+          into the <literal>border=...</literal> attribute; in
           <literal>latex</literal> and <literal>latex-longtable</literal>
-          also support a <literal>border</literal> value of 3 which adds
-          a dividing line between each row.
+          formats, a value of 3 will add a dividing line between each row; in
+          the other formats only values 0 (no border), 1 (internal dividing
+          lines), and 2 (table frame) make sense and values above 2 will be
+          treated the same as <literal>border = 2</literal>.
           </para>
           </listitem>
           </varlistentry>
@@ -2306,6 +2306,36 @@ lo_import 152801
           </para>
           </listitem>
           </varlistentry>
+
+          <varlistentry>
+          <term><literal>unicode_border_style</literal></term>
+          <listitem>
+          <para>
+          Sets the border drawing style for the unicode linestyle to one
+          of <literal>single</literal> or <literal>double</literal>.
+          </para>
+          </listitem>
+          </varlistentry>
+
+          <varlistentry>
+          <term><literal>unicode_column_style</literal></term>
+          <listitem>
+          <para>
+          Sets the column drawing style for the unicode linestyle to one
+          of <literal>single</literal> or <literal>double</literal>.
+          </para>
+          </listitem>
+          </varlistentry>
+
+          <varlistentry>
+          <term><literal>unicode_header_style</literal></term>
+          <listitem>
+          <para>
+          Sets the header drawing style for the unicode linestyle to one
+          of <literal>single</literal> or <literal>double</literal>.
+          </para>
+          </listitem>
+          </varlistentry>
         </variablelist>
         </para>
 
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/command.c b/src/bin/psql/command.c
index 5d90ca28edf446ad9ac944d14d9fc2d50d119ef4..2227db476a4b76c19b9ebeff16218375dd1e53b2 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/command.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/command.c
@@ -1054,6 +1054,9 @@ exec_command(const char *cmd,
 				"footer", "format", "linestyle", "null",
 				"numericlocale", "pager", "recordsep",
 				"tableattr", "title", "tuples_only",
+				"unicode_border_linestyle",
+				"unicode_column_linestyle",
+				"unicode_header_linestyle",
 				NULL
 			};
 
@@ -2248,6 +2251,41 @@ _align2string(enum printFormat in)
 	return "unknown";
 }
 
+/*
+ * Parse entered unicode linestyle. Returns true, when entered string is
+ * known linestyle: single, double else returns false.
+ */
+static bool
+set_unicode_line_style(printQueryOpt *popt, const char *value, size_t vallen,
+					   unicode_linestyle *linestyle)
+{
+	if (pg_strncasecmp("single", value, vallen) == 0)
+		*linestyle = UNICODE_LINESTYLE_SINGLE;
+	else if (pg_strncasecmp("double", value, vallen) == 0)
+		*linestyle = UNICODE_LINESTYLE_DOUBLE;
+	else
+		return false;
+
+	/* input is ok, generate new unicode style */
+	refresh_utf8format(&(popt->topt));
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static const char *
+_unicode_linestyle2string(int linestyle)
+{
+	switch (linestyle)
+	{
+		case UNICODE_LINESTYLE_SINGLE:
+			return "single";
+			break;
+		case UNICODE_LINESTYLE_DOUBLE:
+			return "double";
+			break;
+	}
+	return "unknown";
+}
 
 bool
 do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
@@ -2305,6 +2343,45 @@ do_pset(const char *param, const char *value, printQueryOpt *popt, bool quiet)
 
 	}
 
+	/* set unicode border line style */
+	else if (strcmp(param, "unicode_border_linestyle") == 0)
+	{
+		if (!value)
+			;
+		else if (!set_unicode_line_style(popt, value, vallen,
+										 &popt->topt.unicode_border_linestyle))
+		{
+			psql_error("\\pset: allowed unicode border linestyle are single, double\n");
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* set unicode column line style */
+	else if (strcmp(param, "unicode_column_linestyle") == 0)
+	{
+		if (!value)
+			;
+		else if (!set_unicode_line_style(popt, value, vallen,
+										 &popt->topt.unicode_column_linestyle))
+		{
+			psql_error("\\pset: allowed unicode column linestyle are single, double\n");
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* set unicode header line style */
+	else if (strcmp(param, "unicode_header_linestyle") == 0)
+	{
+		if (!value)
+			;
+		else if (!set_unicode_line_style(popt, value, vallen,
+										 &popt->topt.unicode_header_linestyle))
+		{
+			psql_error("\\pset: allowed unicode header linestyle are single, double\n");
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* set border style/width */
 	else if (strcmp(param, "border") == 0)
 	{
@@ -2601,6 +2678,25 @@ printPsetInfo(const char *param, struct printQueryOpt *popt)
 			printf(_("Tuples only (%s) is off.\n"), param);
 	}
 
+	/* unicode style formatting */
+	else if (strcmp(param, "unicode_border_linestyle") == 0)
+	{
+		printf(_("Unicode border linestyle is \"%s\".\n"),
+				_unicode_linestyle2string(popt->topt.unicode_border_linestyle));
+	}
+
+	else if (strcmp(param, "unicode_column_linestyle") == 0)
+	{
+		printf(_("Unicode column linestyle is \"%s\".\n"),
+				_unicode_linestyle2string(popt->topt.unicode_column_linestyle));
+	}
+
+	else if (strcmp(param, "unicode_header_linestyle") == 0)
+	{
+		printf(_("Unicode border linestyle is \"%s\".\n"),
+				_unicode_linestyle2string(popt->topt.unicode_header_linestyle));
+	}
+
 	else
 	{
 		psql_error("\\pset: unknown option: %s\n", param);
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/help.c b/src/bin/psql/help.c
index ef35696339b6e6dcbfaff8dbc36275ca2ecd779b..6035a7771a921a8fa2aae7119365d906e4c811f2 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/help.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/help.c
@@ -249,7 +249,8 @@ slashUsage(unsigned short int pager)
 			ON(pset.popt.topt.format == PRINT_HTML));
 	fprintf(output, _("  \\pset [NAME [VALUE]]     set table output option\n"
 					  "                         (NAME := {format|border|expanded|fieldsep|fieldsep_zero|footer|null|\n"
-					  "                         numericlocale|recordsep|recordsep_zero|tuples_only|title|tableattr|pager})\n"));
+					  "                         numericlocale|recordsep|recordsep_zero|tuples_only|title|tableattr|pager|\n"
+					  "                         unicode_border_linestyle|unicode_column_linestyle|unicode_header_linestyle})\n"));
 	fprintf(output, _("  \\t [on|off]            show only rows (currently %s)\n"),
 			ON(pset.popt.topt.tuples_only));
 	fprintf(output, _("  \\T [STRING]            set HTML <table> tag attributes, or unset if none\n"));
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/print.c b/src/bin/psql/print.c
index 0ada8a4eb573c5bf8b13751b17d4826859206aed..3b3c3b73d957f76b3191ea2055e3ce80336d4684 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/print.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/print.c
@@ -89,35 +89,97 @@ const printTextFormat pg_asciiformat_old =
 	false
 };
 
-const printTextFormat pg_utf8format =
-{
-	"unicode",
-	{
-		/* ─, ┌, ┬, ┐ */
-		{"\342\224\200", "\342\224\214", "\342\224\254", "\342\224\220"},
-		/* ─, ├, ┼, ┤ */
-		{"\342\224\200", "\342\224\234", "\342\224\274", "\342\224\244"},
-		/* ─, └, ┴, ┘ */
-		{"\342\224\200", "\342\224\224", "\342\224\264", "\342\224\230"},
-		/* N/A, │, │, │ */
-		{"", "\342\224\202", "\342\224\202", "\342\224\202"}
+/* Default unicode linestyle format */
+const printTextFormat pg_utf8format;
+
+typedef struct unicodeStyleRowFormat {
+	const char *horizontal;
+	const char *vertical_and_right[2];
+	const char *vertical_and_left[2];
+} unicodeStyleRowFormat;
+
+typedef struct unicodeStyleColumnFormat {
+	const char *vertical;
+	const char *vertical_and_horizontal[2];
+	const char *up_and_horizontal[2];
+	const char *down_and_horizontal[2];
+} unicodeStyleColumnFormat;
+
+typedef struct unicodeStyleBorderFormat {
+	const char *up_and_right;
+	const char *vertical;
+	const char *down_and_right;
+	const char *horizontal;
+	const char *down_and_left;
+	const char *left_and_right;
+} unicodeStyleBorderFormat;
+
+typedef struct unicodeStyleFormat {
+	unicodeStyleRowFormat row_style[2];
+	unicodeStyleColumnFormat column_style[2];
+	unicodeStyleBorderFormat border_style[2];
+	const char *header_nl_left;
+	const char *header_nl_right;
+	const char *nl_left;
+	const char *nl_right;
+	const char *wrap_left;
+	const char *wrap_right;
+	bool wrap_right_border;
+} unicodeStyleFormat;
+
+const unicodeStyleFormat unicode_style = {
+	{
+		{
+			/* ─ */
+			"\342\224\200",
+			/* ├╟ */
+			{"\342\224\234", "\342\225\237"},
+			/* ┤╢ */
+			{"\342\224\244", "\342\225\242"},
+		},
+		{
+			/* ═ */
+			"\342\225\220",
+			/* â•žâ•  */
+			{"\342\225\236", "\342\225\240"},
+			/* â•¡â•£ */
+			{"\342\225\241", "\342\225\243"},
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		{
+			/* │ */
+			"\342\224\202",
+			/* ┼╪ */
+			{"\342\224\274", "\342\225\252"},
+			/* ┴╧ */
+			{"\342\224\264", "\342\225\247"},
+			/* ┬╤ */
+			{"\342\224\254", "\342\225\244"},
+		},
+		{
+			/* â•‘ */
+			"\342\225\221",
+			/* ╫╬ */
+			{"\342\225\253", "\342\225\254"},
+			/* ╨╩ */
+			{"\342\225\250", "\342\225\251"},
+			/* ╥╦ */
+			{"\342\225\245", "\342\225\246"},
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		/* └│┌─┐┘ */
+		{"\342\224\224", "\342\224\202", "\342\224\214", "\342\224\200", "\342\224\220", "\342\224\230"},
+		/* ╚║╔═╗╝ */
+		{"\342\225\232", "\342\225\221", "\342\225\224", "\342\225\220", "\342\225\227", "\342\225\235"},
 	},
-	/* │ */
-	"\342\224\202",
-	/* │ */
-	"\342\224\202",
-	/* │ */
-	"\342\224\202",
 	" ",
-	/* ↵ */
-	"\342\206\265",
+	"\342\206\265", /* ↵ */
 	" ",
-	/* ↵ */
-	"\342\206\265",
-	/* … */
-	"\342\200\246",
-	/* … */
-	"\342\200\246",
+	"\342\206\265", /* ↵ */
+	"\342\200\246", /* … */
+	"\342\200\246", /* … */
 	true
 };
 
@@ -1289,7 +1351,7 @@ print_aligned_vertical(const printTableContent *cont, FILE *fout)
 		}
 		else
 			/*
-			 * For border = 2, two more for the pipes (|) at the begging and
+			 * For border = 2, two more for the pipes (|) at the beginning and
 			 * at the end of the lines.
 			 */
 			swidth = 7;
@@ -2952,6 +3014,58 @@ get_line_style(const printTableOpt *opt)
 		return &pg_asciiformat;
 }
 
+void
+refresh_utf8format(const printTableOpt *opt)
+{
+	printTextFormat *popt =  (printTextFormat *) &pg_utf8format;
+
+	const unicodeStyleBorderFormat *border;
+	const unicodeStyleRowFormat *header;
+	const unicodeStyleColumnFormat *column;
+
+	popt->name = "unicode";
+
+	border = &unicode_style.border_style[opt->unicode_border_linestyle];
+	header = &unicode_style.row_style[opt->unicode_header_linestyle];
+	column = &unicode_style.column_style[opt->unicode_column_linestyle];
+
+	popt->lrule[PRINT_RULE_TOP].hrule = border->horizontal;
+	popt->lrule[PRINT_RULE_TOP].leftvrule = border->down_and_right;
+	popt->lrule[PRINT_RULE_TOP].midvrule = column->down_and_horizontal[opt->unicode_border_linestyle];
+	popt->lrule[PRINT_RULE_TOP].rightvrule = border->down_and_left;
+
+	popt->lrule[PRINT_RULE_MIDDLE].hrule = header->horizontal;
+	popt->lrule[PRINT_RULE_MIDDLE].leftvrule = header->vertical_and_right[opt->unicode_border_linestyle];
+	popt->lrule[PRINT_RULE_MIDDLE].midvrule = column->vertical_and_horizontal[opt->unicode_header_linestyle];
+	popt->lrule[PRINT_RULE_MIDDLE].rightvrule = header->vertical_and_left[opt->unicode_border_linestyle];
+
+	popt->lrule[PRINT_RULE_BOTTOM].hrule = border->horizontal;
+	popt->lrule[PRINT_RULE_BOTTOM].leftvrule = border->up_and_right;
+	popt->lrule[PRINT_RULE_BOTTOM].midvrule = column->up_and_horizontal[opt->unicode_border_linestyle];
+	popt->lrule[PRINT_RULE_BOTTOM].rightvrule = border->left_and_right;
+
+	/* N/A */
+	popt->lrule[PRINT_RULE_DATA].hrule = "";
+	popt->lrule[PRINT_RULE_DATA].leftvrule = border->vertical;
+	popt->lrule[PRINT_RULE_DATA].midvrule = column->vertical;
+	popt->lrule[PRINT_RULE_DATA].rightvrule = border->vertical;
+
+	popt->midvrule_nl = column->vertical;
+	popt->midvrule_wrap = column->vertical;
+	popt->midvrule_blank = column->vertical;
+
+	/* Same for all unicode today */
+	popt->header_nl_left = unicode_style.header_nl_left;
+	popt->header_nl_right = unicode_style.header_nl_right;
+	popt->nl_left = unicode_style.nl_left;
+	popt->nl_right = unicode_style.nl_right;
+	popt->wrap_left = unicode_style.wrap_left;
+	popt->wrap_right = unicode_style.wrap_right;
+	popt->wrap_right_border = unicode_style.wrap_right_border;
+
+	return;
+}
+
 /*
  * Compute the byte distance to the end of the string or *target_width
  * display character positions, whichever comes first.  Update *target_width
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/print.h b/src/bin/psql/print.h
index 87b28562821417e3359b16c4930f725fb5251a0a..f668b232952ac8873d5fac2b734f09f85d20f959 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/print.h
+++ b/src/bin/psql/print.h
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ typedef struct printTextFormat
 										 * marks when border=0? */
 } printTextFormat;
 
+typedef enum unicode_linestyle
+{
+	UNICODE_LINESTYLE_SINGLE = 0,
+	UNICODE_LINESTYLE_DOUBLE
+} unicode_linestyle;
+
 struct separator
 {
 	char	   *separator;
@@ -97,6 +103,9 @@ typedef struct printTableOpt
 	int			encoding;		/* character encoding */
 	int			env_columns;	/* $COLUMNS on psql start, 0 is unset */
 	int			columns;		/* target width for wrapped format */
+	unicode_linestyle	unicode_border_linestyle;
+	unicode_linestyle	unicode_column_linestyle;
+	unicode_linestyle	unicode_header_linestyle;
 } printTableOpt;
 
 /*
@@ -178,6 +187,7 @@ extern void printQuery(const PGresult *result, const printQueryOpt *opt,
 
 extern void setDecimalLocale(void);
 extern const printTextFormat *get_line_style(const printTableOpt *opt);
+extern void refresh_utf8format(const printTableOpt *opt);
 
 #ifndef __CYGWIN__
 #define DEFAULT_PAGER "more"
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c
index b879d0c35d3289bff98de65f0403820504cdf417..11a159a16494748783797ee0e6a539dcd088d6bc 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "help.h"
 #include "input.h"
 #include "mainloop.h"
+#include "print.h"
 #include "settings.h"
 
 
@@ -131,6 +132,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	pset.popt.topt.start_table = true;
 	pset.popt.topt.stop_table = true;
 	pset.popt.topt.default_footer = true;
+
+	pset.popt.topt.unicode_border_linestyle = UNICODE_LINESTYLE_SINGLE;
+	pset.popt.topt.unicode_column_linestyle = UNICODE_LINESTYLE_SINGLE;
+	pset.popt.topt.unicode_header_linestyle = UNICODE_LINESTYLE_SINGLE;
+
+	refresh_utf8format(&(pset.popt.topt));
+
 	/* We must get COLUMNS here before readline() sets it */
 	pset.popt.topt.env_columns = getenv("COLUMNS") ? atoi(getenv("COLUMNS")) : 0;
 
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c
index 4ce47e99ef5700840bf8a7885e26dcaed1bbfb58..b80fe13168342e4d3b2e190c43dcafd5ea936435 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c
@@ -3622,7 +3622,8 @@ psql_completion(const char *text, int start, int end)
 		{"border", "columns", "expanded", "fieldsep", "fieldsep_zero",
 			"footer", "format", "linestyle", "null", "numericlocale",
 			"pager", "recordsep", "recordsep_zero", "tableattr", "title",
-		"tuples_only", NULL};
+			"tuples_only", "unicode_border_linestyle",
+		"unicode_column_linestyle", "unicode_header_linestyle", NULL};
 
 		COMPLETE_WITH_LIST_CS(my_list);
 	}
@@ -3643,6 +3644,16 @@ psql_completion(const char *text, int start, int end)
 
 			COMPLETE_WITH_LIST_CS(my_list);
 		}
+		else if (strcmp(prev_wd, "unicode_border_linestyle") == 0 ||
+				 strcmp(prev_wd, "unicode_column_linestyle") == 0 ||
+				 strcmp(prev_wd, "unicode_header_linestyle") == 0)
+		{
+			static const char *const my_list[] =
+			{"single", "double", NULL};
+
+			COMPLETE_WITH_LIST_CS(my_list);
+
+		}
 	}
 	else if (strcmp(prev_wd, "\\unset") == 0)
 	{
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/psql.out b/src/test/regress/expected/psql.out
index 199036d595c4b24f845967545ae2349fa5a289bf..3764127558c815ba627a7b66fd2301342fb7b450 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/psql.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/psql.out
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ Record separator (recordsep) is <newline>.
 Table attributes (tableattr) unset.
 Title (title) unset.
 Tuples only (tuples_only) is off.
+Unicode border linestyle is "single".
+Unicode column linestyle is "single".
+Unicode border linestyle is "single".
 -- test multi-line headers, wrapping, and newline indicators
 prepare q as select array_to_string(array_agg(repeat('x',2*n)),E'\n') as "ab