diff --git a/cmd/micro/view.go b/cmd/micro/view.go
index 6cf2aaba..9e94578c 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/view.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/view.go
@@ -723,6 +723,14 @@ func (v *View) DisplayView() {
 			realLineN++
 		}
 
+		colorcolumn := int(v.Buf.Settings["colorcolumn"].(float64))
+		if colorcolumn != 0 {
+			style := GetColor("color-column")
+			fg, _, _ := style.Decompose()
+			st := defStyle.Background(fg)
+			screen.SetContent(xOffset+colorcolumn, yOffset+visualLineN, ' ', nil, st)
+		}
+
 		screenX = v.x
 
 		// If there are gutter messages we need to display the '>>' symbol here
@@ -816,6 +824,13 @@ func (v *View) DisplayView() {
 			if char != nil {
 				lineStyle := char.style
 
+				colorcolumn := int(v.Buf.Settings["colorcolumn"].(float64))
+				if colorcolumn != 0 && char.visualLoc.X == colorcolumn {
+					style := GetColor("color-column")
+					fg, _, _ := style.Decompose()
+					lineStyle = lineStyle.Background(fg)
+				}
+
 				charLoc := char.realLoc
 				if v.Cursor.HasSelection() &&
 					(charLoc.GreaterEqual(v.Cursor.CurSelection[0]) && charLoc.LessThan(v.Cursor.CurSelection[1]) ||