diff --git a/src/drawline.c b/src/drawline.c
index 0b99742..d51b4c2 100644
--- a/src/drawline.c
+++ b/src/drawline.c
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@
 	    else
 		tocol = MAXCOL;
 	    // do at least one character; happens when past end of line
-	    if (fromcol == tocol)
+	    if (fromcol == tocol && search_match_endcol)
 		tocol = fromcol + 1;
 	    area_highlighting = TRUE;
 	    vi_attr = HL_ATTR(HLF_I);