diff --git a/tmux.h b/tmux.h
index a1b84433..eac4df76 100644
--- a/tmux.h
+++ b/tmux.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: tmux.h,v 1.7 2009/06/24 05:35:07 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: tmux.h,v 1.8 2009/06/24 16:01:02 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -1115,6 +1115,7 @@ void		 tty_putcode1(struct tty *, enum tty_code_code, int);
 void		 tty_putcode2(struct tty *, enum tty_code_code, int, int);
 void		 tty_puts(struct tty *, const char *);
 void		 tty_putc(struct tty *, u_char);
+void		 tty_pututf8(struct tty *, const struct grid_utf8 *);
 void		 tty_init(struct tty *, char *, char *);
 void		 tty_start_tty(struct tty *);
 void		 tty_stop_tty(struct tty *);
diff --git a/tty.c b/tty.c
index 47868d52..457c10dd 100644
--- a/tty.c
+++ b/tty.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: tty.c,v 1.4 2009/06/03 23:30:40 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: tty.c,v 1.5 2009/06/24 16:01:02 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -418,6 +418,23 @@ tty_putc(struct tty *tty, u_char ch)
 		write(tty->log_fd, &ch, 1);
 }
 
+void
+tty_pututf8(struct tty *tty, const struct grid_utf8 *gu)
+{
+	u_int	i, width;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < UTF8_SIZE; i++) {
+		if (gu->data[i] == 0xff)
+			break;
+		buffer_write8(tty->out, gu->data[i]);
+		if (tty->log_fd != -1)
+			write(tty->log_fd, &gu->data[i], 1);
+	}
+
+	width = utf8_width(gu->data);
+	tty->cx += width;
+}
+
 void
 tty_set_title(struct tty *tty, const char *title)
 {
@@ -922,11 +939,7 @@ tty_cell(
 	}
 
 	/* Otherwise, write UTF-8. */
-	for (i = 0; i < UTF8_SIZE; i++) {
-		if (gu->data[i] == 0xff)
-			break;
-		tty_putc(tty, gu->data[i]);
-	}
+	tty_pututf8(tty, gu);
 }
 
 void