diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 59a6fdd..49dc437 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### API
 
 - Changes in C++ API (introduced classes `char_table` and `utf8-table` instead of `table`).
+- Add function `ft_set_u8strwid_func` to set custom function to compute width of utf8 strings.
 
 ### Internal
 
diff --git a/examples/9-non_ascii_table.c b/examples/9-non_ascii_table.c
index 55a6885..02016fd 100644
--- a/examples/9-non_ascii_table.c
+++ b/examples/9-non_ascii_table.c
@@ -5,6 +5,24 @@
 
 #include "fort.h"
 
+#if defined(FT_HAVE_UTF8)
+/* Custom function to compute visible width of utf8 strings */
+int u8strwid(const void *beg, const void *end, size_t *width)
+{
+#define MIN(a, b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
+    const char *emojis[] = {"😃", "😍"};
+    const size_t sz = sizeof(emojis) / sizeof(emojis[0]);
+    const size_t raw_len = (const char *)end - (const char *)beg;
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sz; ++i) {
+        if (memcmp(beg, emojis[i], MIN(strlen(emojis[i]), raw_len)) == 0) {
+            *width = 2; /* On my terminal emojis have width of 2 chars */
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+#endif
 
 int main(void)
 {
@@ -28,6 +46,23 @@ int main(void)
         printf("%s\n", table_str);
         ft_destroy_table(table);
     }
+
+    /* Example of providing custom function to compute utf8 string width */
+    {
+        ft_set_u8strwid_func(&u8strwid);
+
+        ft_table_t *table = ft_create_table();
+        ft_set_border_style(table, FT_NICE_STYLE);
+
+        ft_set_cell_prop(table, 0, FT_ANY_COLUMN, FT_CPROP_ROW_TYPE, FT_ROW_HEADER);
+        ft_u8write_ln(table, "SMILING", "Native");
+        ft_u8write_ln(table, "SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH", "😃");
+        ft_u8write_ln(table, "SMILING FACE WITH HEART-SHAPED EYES", "😍");
+
+        const char *table_str = (const char *)ft_to_u8string(table);
+        printf("%s\n", table_str);
+        ft_destroy_table(table);
+    }
 #endif
 
     /* Example of wchar table */
diff --git a/examples/9-non_ascii_table.cpp b/examples/9-non_ascii_table.cpp
index cbdf636..5181baf 100644
--- a/examples/9-non_ascii_table.cpp
+++ b/examples/9-non_ascii_table.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,27 @@
 #include <iostream>
-
+#include <string.h>
 
 #include "fort.hpp"
 
+#if defined(FT_HAVE_UTF8)
+/* Custom function to compute visible width of utf8 strings */
+int u8strwid(const void *beg, const void *end, size_t *width)
+{
+    const char *emojis[] = {"😃", "😍"};
+    const size_t sz = sizeof(emojis) / sizeof(emojis[0]);
+    const size_t raw_len = (const char *)end - (const char *)beg;
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sz; ++i) {
+        if (memcmp(beg, emojis[i], std::min(strlen(emojis[i]), raw_len)) == 0) {
+            *width = 2; /* On my terminal emojis have width of 2 chars */
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+#endif
+
+
 
 int main(void)
 {
@@ -24,6 +43,22 @@ int main(void)
 
         std::cout << table.to_string() << std::endl;
     }
+
+
+    /* Example of providing custom function to compute utf8 string width */
+    {
+        ft_set_u8strwid_func(&u8strwid);
+
+        fort::utf8_table table;
+        table.set_border_style(FT_NICE_STYLE);
+
+        table << fort::header
+              << "Description" << "Native" << fort::endr
+              << "SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH" << "😃" << fort::endr
+              << "SMILING FACE WITH HEART-SHAPED EYES" << "😍" << fort::endr;
+
+        std::cout << table.to_string() << std::endl;
+    }
 #endif
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/lib/fort.c b/lib/fort.c
index 74fe555..0553666 100644
--- a/lib/fort.c
+++ b/lib/fort.c
@@ -1821,6 +1821,12 @@ FT_INTERNAL
 int buffer_printf(f_string_buffer_t *buffer, size_t buffer_row, f_conv_context_t *cntx, size_t cod_width,
                   const char *content_style_tag, const char *reset_content_style_tag);
 
+#ifdef FT_HAVE_UTF8
+FT_INTERNAL
+void buffer_set_u8strwid_func(int (*u8strwid)(const void *beg, const void *end, size_t *width));
+#endif /* FT_HAVE_UTF8 */
+
+
 #endif /* STRING_BUFFER_H */
 
 /********************************************************
@@ -3528,6 +3534,12 @@ const void *ft_to_u8string(const ft_table_t *table)
 {
     return (const void *)ft_to_string_impl(table, UTF8_BUF);
 }
+
+void ft_set_u8strwid_func(int (*u8strwid)(const void *beg, const void *end, size_t *width))
+{
+    buffer_set_u8strwid_func(u8strwid);
+}
+
 #endif /* FT_HAVE_UTF8 */
 
 /********************************************************
@@ -6300,9 +6312,24 @@ size_t string_buffer_raw_capacity(const f_string_buffer_t *buffer)
 }
 
 #ifdef FT_HAVE_UTF8
+/* User provided function to compute utf8 string visible width */
+static int (*_custom_u8strwid)(const void *beg, const void *end, size_t *width) = NULL;
+
+FT_INTERNAL
+void buffer_set_u8strwid_func(int (*u8strwid)(const void *beg, const void *end, size_t *width))
+{
+    _custom_u8strwid = u8strwid;
+}
+
 static
 size_t utf8_width(const void *beg, const void *end)
 {
+    if (_custom_u8strwid) {
+        size_t width = 0;
+        if (!_custom_u8strwid(beg, end, &width))
+            return width;
+    }
+
     size_t sz = (size_t)((const char *)end - (const char *)beg);
     char *tmp = (char *)F_MALLOC(sizeof(char) * (sz + 1));
     // @todo: add check to tmp
diff --git a/lib/fort.h b/lib/fort.h
index ca3ac6d..3492645 100644
--- a/lib/fort.h
+++ b/lib/fort.h
@@ -915,6 +915,27 @@ int ft_u8printf_ln(ft_table_t *table, const char *fmt, ...) FT_PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE_
 
 const void *ft_to_u8string(const ft_table_t *table);
 
+/**
+ * Set custom function to compute visible width of utf8 string.
+ *
+ * libfort internally has a very simple logic to compute visible width of utf8
+ * strings. It considers that each codepoint will occupy one position on the
+ * terminal in case of monowidth font (some east asians wide and fullwidth
+ * characters (see http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr11/tr11-33.html) will occupy
+ * 2 positions). This logic is very simple and covers wide range of cases. But
+ * obviously there a lot of cases when it is not sufficient. In such cases user
+ * should use some external libraries and provide an appropriate function to
+ * libfort.
+ *
+ * @param u8strwid
+ *   User provided function to evaluate width of utf8 string ( beg - start of
+ *   utf8 string, end - end of utf8 string (not included), width - pointer to
+ *   the result). If function succeed it should return 0, otherwise some non-
+ *   zero value. If function returns nonzero value libfort fallbacks to default
+ *   internal algorithm.
+ */
+void ft_set_u8strwid_func(int (*u8strwid)(const void *beg, const void *end, size_t *width));
+
 #endif /* FT_HAVE_UTF8 */
 
 
diff --git a/src/fort.h b/src/fort.h
index ca3ac6d..3492645 100644
--- a/src/fort.h
+++ b/src/fort.h
@@ -915,6 +915,27 @@ int ft_u8printf_ln(ft_table_t *table, const char *fmt, ...) FT_PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE_
 
 const void *ft_to_u8string(const ft_table_t *table);
 
+/**
+ * Set custom function to compute visible width of utf8 string.
+ *
+ * libfort internally has a very simple logic to compute visible width of utf8
+ * strings. It considers that each codepoint will occupy one position on the
+ * terminal in case of monowidth font (some east asians wide and fullwidth
+ * characters (see http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr11/tr11-33.html) will occupy
+ * 2 positions). This logic is very simple and covers wide range of cases. But
+ * obviously there a lot of cases when it is not sufficient. In such cases user
+ * should use some external libraries and provide an appropriate function to
+ * libfort.
+ *
+ * @param u8strwid
+ *   User provided function to evaluate width of utf8 string ( beg - start of
+ *   utf8 string, end - end of utf8 string (not included), width - pointer to
+ *   the result). If function succeed it should return 0, otherwise some non-
+ *   zero value. If function returns nonzero value libfort fallbacks to default
+ *   internal algorithm.
+ */
+void ft_set_u8strwid_func(int (*u8strwid)(const void *beg, const void *end, size_t *width));
+
 #endif /* FT_HAVE_UTF8 */
 
 
diff --git a/src/fort_impl.c b/src/fort_impl.c
index f939b76..a3eca58 100644
--- a/src/fort_impl.c
+++ b/src/fort_impl.c
@@ -983,4 +983,10 @@ const void *ft_to_u8string(const ft_table_t *table)
 {
     return (const void *)ft_to_string_impl(table, UTF8_BUF);
 }
+
+void ft_set_u8strwid_func(int (*u8strwid)(const void *beg, const void *end, size_t *width))
+{
+    buffer_set_u8strwid_func(u8strwid);
+}
+
 #endif /* FT_HAVE_UTF8 */
diff --git a/src/string_buffer.c b/src/string_buffer.c
index 02cf4bd..dfafbcc 100644
--- a/src/string_buffer.c
+++ b/src/string_buffer.c
@@ -444,9 +444,24 @@ size_t string_buffer_raw_capacity(const f_string_buffer_t *buffer)
 }
 
 #ifdef FT_HAVE_UTF8
+/* User provided function to compute utf8 string visible width */
+static int (*_custom_u8strwid)(const void *beg, const void *end, size_t *width) = NULL;
+
+FT_INTERNAL
+void buffer_set_u8strwid_func(int (*u8strwid)(const void *beg, const void *end, size_t *width))
+{
+    _custom_u8strwid = u8strwid;
+}
+
 static
 size_t utf8_width(const void *beg, const void *end)
 {
+    if (_custom_u8strwid) {
+        size_t width = 0;
+        if (!_custom_u8strwid(beg, end, &width))
+            return width;
+    }
+
     size_t sz = (size_t)((const char *)end - (const char *)beg);
     char *tmp = (char *)F_MALLOC(sizeof(char) * (sz + 1));
     // @todo: add check to tmp
diff --git a/src/string_buffer.h b/src/string_buffer.h
index 6280819..0e28b85 100644
--- a/src/string_buffer.h
+++ b/src/string_buffer.h
@@ -73,4 +73,10 @@ FT_INTERNAL
 int buffer_printf(f_string_buffer_t *buffer, size_t buffer_row, f_conv_context_t *cntx, size_t cod_width,
                   const char *content_style_tag, const char *reset_content_style_tag);
 
+#ifdef FT_HAVE_UTF8
+FT_INTERNAL
+void buffer_set_u8strwid_func(int (*u8strwid)(const void *beg, const void *end, size_t *width));
+#endif /* FT_HAVE_UTF8 */
+
+
 #endif /* STRING_BUFFER_H */
diff --git a/tests/wb_tests/test_string_buffer.c b/tests/wb_tests/test_string_buffer.c
index dd1f933..ffed2a8 100644
--- a/tests/wb_tests/test_string_buffer.c
+++ b/tests/wb_tests/test_string_buffer.c
@@ -349,6 +349,20 @@ void test_str_n_substring(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+#if defined(FT_HAVE_UTF8)
+/* Custom function to compute visible width of utf8 strings */
+int u8strwid(const void *beg, const void *end, size_t *width)
+{
+    const char *custom_str = "custom_string";
+    const size_t raw_len = (const char *)end - (const char *)beg;
+    if (memcmp(beg, custom_str, MIN(strlen(custom_str), raw_len)) == 0) {
+        *width = 25;
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+#endif
+
 void test_buffer_text_visible_width(void)
 {
     f_string_buffer_t *buffer = create_string_buffer(200, CHAR_BUF);
@@ -467,6 +481,17 @@ void test_buffer_text_visible_width(void)
     assert_true(buffer_text_visible_width(buffer) == 30);
 
 
+    /* Test custom width function for utf8 strings */
+    ft_set_u8strwid_func(&u8strwid);
+    buffer->str.u8str = (void *)"custom_string";
+    assert_true(buffer_text_visible_width(buffer) == 25);
+    buffer->str.u8str = (void *)"123456789012345678901234\ncustom_string";
+    assert_true(buffer_text_visible_width(buffer) == 25);
+    buffer->str.u8str = (void *)"12345678901234567890123456\ncustom_string";
+    assert_true(buffer_text_visible_width(buffer) == 26);
+    buffer->str.u8str = (void *)"common_string";
+    assert_true(buffer_text_visible_width(buffer) == 13);
+    ft_set_u8strwid_func(NULL);
 #endif
 
     buffer->type = CHAR_BUF;