diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 93697914..501ca8c8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ncmpc 0.50 - not yet released
 * build: require Meson 0.60
 * require libfmt 9
+* draw progress bar as Unicode double line
 * lyrics/musixmatch: add new lyrics extension
 * lyrics/google: fix partial loading of lyrics
 
diff --git a/src/ProgressBar.cxx b/src/ProgressBar.cxx
index 10587693..628a8e41 100644
--- a/src/ProgressBar.cxx
+++ b/src/ProgressBar.cxx
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ ProgressBar::Paint() const noexcept
 
 		SelectStyle(window, Style::PROGRESSBAR);
 
-		if (width > 0)
+		if (width > 0) {
+#if NCURSES_WIDECHAR
+			window.HLine({0, 0}, width, WACS_D_HLINE);
+#else
 			window.HLine({0, 0}, width, '=');
+#endif
+		}
 
 		window.Char({(int)width, 0}, '>');
 		unsigned x = width + 1;