diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b6305093..7e727ad6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@
   (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/565).
 * Off-by-one error in markup of auto-detected URLs when the URL ends
   in the right-most column.
+* Multi-column characters being cut in half when resizing the
+  alternate screen.
 
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/grid.c b/grid.c
index c9080347..2787102f 100644
--- a/grid.c
+++ b/grid.c
@@ -194,11 +194,15 @@ grid_resize_without_reflow(
         new_row->dirty = old_row->dirty;
         new_row->linebreak = false;
 
-        /* Clear "new" columns */
         if (new_cols > old_cols) {
+            /* Clear "new" columns */
             memset(&new_row->cells[old_cols], 0,
                    sizeof(struct cell) * (new_cols - old_cols));
             new_row->dirty = true;
+        } else if (old_cols > new_cols) {
+            /* Make sure we don't cut a multi-column character in two */
+            for (int i = new_cols; i > 0 && old_row->cells[i].wc > CELL_SPACER; i--)
+                new_row->cells[i - 1].wc = 0;
         }
 
         /* Map sixels on current "old" row to current "new row" */