diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ead014cf..ae8e0b19 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@
   config values (e.g. letter offsets, line height etc).
 * Selection being stuck visually when `IL` and `DL`.`
 * URL underlines sometimes still being visible after exiting URL mode.
+* Handling of Unicode Variation Selector-16 when
+  `grapheme-width-method` is set to either `max` or `wcswidth` (the
+  default). Before this, it was only handled correctly when
+  `grapheme-width-method=double-width`.
 
 [1173]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1173
 [1190]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1190
diff --git a/vt.c b/vt.c
index 91f00e6f..d5167622 100644
--- a/vt.c
+++ b/vt.c
@@ -832,6 +832,8 @@ action_utf8_print(struct terminal *term, char32_t wc)
 
             switch (term->conf->tweak.grapheme_width_method) {
             case GRAPHEME_WIDTH_MAX:
+                if (unlikely(wc == 0xfe0f))
+                    width = 2;
                 new_cc->width = max(grapheme_width, width);
                 break;
 
@@ -842,7 +844,10 @@ action_utf8_print(struct terminal *term, char32_t wc)
                 break;
 
             case GRAPHEME_WIDTH_WCSWIDTH:
-                new_cc->width = grapheme_width + width;
+                if (unlikely(wc == 0xfe0f))
+                    new_cc->width = 2;
+                else
+                    new_cc->width = grapheme_width + width;
                 break;
             }