st.c | 2 ++

diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index 4499be6618b9c2b3d264858d58065c6fdc62739f..fc913340fdd7760179445211d856dfcb22090cf6 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -947,6 +947,8 @@ 			gp = &term.line[y][sel.nb.y == y ? sel.nb.x : 0];
 			lastx = (sel.ne.y == y) ? sel.ne.x : term.col-1;
 		}
 		last = &term.line[y][MIN(lastx, linelen-1)];
+		while(last >= gp && last->c[0] == ' ')
+			--last;
 
 		for( ; gp <= last; ++gp) {
 			if(gp->mode & ATTR_WDUMMY)