diff --git a/src/popupwin.c b/src/popupwin.c
index 8052ca5..810987a 100644
--- a/src/popupwin.c
+++ b/src/popupwin.c
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
     int		nr;
     char_u	*str;
     dictitem_T	*di;
+    int		i;
 
     wp->w_minwidth = dict_get_number(dict, (char_u *)"minwidth");
     wp->w_minheight = dict_get_number(dict, (char_u *)"minheight");
@@ -211,6 +212,66 @@
 
     get_padding_border(dict, wp->w_popup_padding, "padding", 999);
     get_padding_border(dict, wp->w_popup_border, "border", 1);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
+	VIM_CLEAR(wp->w_border_highlight[i]);
+    di = dict_find(dict, (char_u *)"borderhighlight", -1);
+    if (di != NULL)
+    {
+	if (di->di_tv.v_type != VAR_LIST)
+	    emsg(_(e_listreq));
+	else
+	{
+	    list_T	*list = di->di_tv.vval.v_list;
+	    listitem_T	*li;
+
+	    if (list != NULL)
+		for (i = 0, li = list->lv_first; i < 4 && i < list->lv_len;
+							 ++i, li = li->li_next)
+		{
+		    str = tv_get_string(&li->li_tv);
+		    if (*str != NUL)
+			wp->w_border_highlight[i] = vim_strsave(str);
+		}
+	    if (list->lv_len == 1 && wp->w_border_highlight[0] != NULL)
+		for (i = 1; i < 4; ++i)
+			wp->w_border_highlight[i] =
+					vim_strsave(wp->w_border_highlight[0]);
+	}
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < 8; ++i)
+	wp->w_border_char[i] = 0;
+    di = dict_find(dict, (char_u *)"borderchars", -1);
+    if (di != NULL)
+    {
+	if (di->di_tv.v_type != VAR_LIST)
+	    emsg(_(e_listreq));
+	else
+	{
+	    list_T	*list = di->di_tv.vval.v_list;
+	    listitem_T	*li;
+
+	    if (list != NULL)
+		for (i = 0, li = list->lv_first; i < 8 && i < list->lv_len;
+							 ++i, li = li->li_next)
+		{
+		    str = tv_get_string(&li->li_tv);
+		    if (*str != NUL)
+			wp->w_border_char[i] = mb_ptr2char(str);
+		}
+	    if (list->lv_len == 1)
+		for (i = 1; i < 8; ++i)
+		    wp->w_border_char[i] = wp->w_border_char[0];
+	    if (list->lv_len == 2)
+	    {
+		for (i = 4; i < 8; ++i)
+		    wp->w_border_char[i] = wp->w_border_char[1];
+		for (i = 1; i < 4; ++i)
+		    wp->w_border_char[i] = wp->w_border_char[0];
+	    }
+	}
+    }
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index 66c3a39..387c398 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -1030,13 +1030,11 @@
     int	    total_width;
     int	    total_height;
     int	    popup_attr;
+    int	    border_attr[4];
+    int	    border_char[8] = {'-', '|', '-', '|', '+', '+', '+', '+', };
+    char_u  buf[MB_MAXBYTES];
     int	    row;
-    int	    tl_corner_char = '+';
-    char    *tr_corner_str = "+";
-    int	    bl_corner_char = '+';
-    char    *br_corner_str = "+";
-    int	    hor_line_char = '-';
-    char    *ver_line_str = "|";
+    int	    i;
 
     // Find the window with the lowest zindex that hasn't been updated yet,
     // so that the window with a higher zindex is drawn later, thus goes on
@@ -1070,12 +1068,22 @@
 
 	if (enc_utf8)
 	{
-	    tl_corner_char = 0x2554;
-	    tr_corner_str = "\xe2\x95\x97";
-	    bl_corner_char = 0x255a;
-	    br_corner_str = "\xe2\x95\x9d";
-	    hor_line_char = 0x2550;
-	    ver_line_str = "\xe2\x95\x91";
+	    border_char[0] = border_char[2] = 0x2550;
+	    border_char[1] = border_char[3] = 0x2551;
+	    border_char[4] = 0x2554;
+	    border_char[5] = 0x2557;
+	    border_char[6] = 0x255d;
+	    border_char[7] = 0x255a;
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < 8; ++i)
+	    if (wp->w_border_char[i] != 0)
+		border_char[i] = wp->w_border_char[i];
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
+	{
+	    border_attr[i] = popup_attr;
+	    if (wp->w_border_highlight[i] != NULL)
+		border_attr[i] = syn_name2attr(wp->w_border_highlight[i]);
 	}
 
 	if (wp->w_popup_border[0] > 0)
@@ -1085,11 +1093,14 @@
 		    wp->w_wincol,
 		    wp->w_wincol + total_width,
 		    wp->w_popup_border[3] != 0
-					     ? tl_corner_char : hor_line_char,
-		    hor_line_char, popup_attr);
+					     ? border_char[4] : border_char[0],
+		    border_char[0], border_attr[0]);
 	    if (wp->w_popup_border[1] > 0)
-		screen_puts((char_u *)tr_corner_str, wp->w_winrow,
-			wp->w_wincol + total_width - 1, popup_attr);
+	    {
+		buf[mb_char2bytes(border_char[5], buf)] = NUL;
+		screen_puts(buf, wp->w_winrow,
+			       wp->w_wincol + total_width - 1, border_attr[1]);
+	    }
 	}
 
 	if (wp->w_popup_padding[0] > 0)
@@ -1108,15 +1119,21 @@
 	{
 	    // left border
 	    if (wp->w_popup_border[3] > 0)
-		screen_puts((char_u *)ver_line_str, row, wp->w_wincol, popup_attr);
+	    {
+		buf[mb_char2bytes(border_char[3], buf)] = NUL;
+		screen_puts(buf, row, wp->w_wincol, border_attr[3]);
+	    }
 	    // left padding
 	    if (wp->w_popup_padding[3] > 0)
 		screen_puts(get_spaces(wp->w_popup_padding[3]), row,
 			wp->w_wincol + wp->w_popup_border[3], popup_attr);
 	    // right border
 	    if (wp->w_popup_border[1] > 0)
-		screen_puts((char_u *)ver_line_str, row,
-			wp->w_wincol + total_width - 1, popup_attr);
+	    {
+		buf[mb_char2bytes(border_char[1], buf)] = NUL;
+		screen_puts(buf, row,
+			       wp->w_wincol + total_width - 1, border_attr[1]);
+	    }
 	    // right padding
 	    if (wp->w_popup_padding[1] > 0)
 		screen_puts(get_spaces(wp->w_popup_padding[1]), row,
@@ -1142,11 +1159,15 @@
 	    screen_fill(row , row + 1,
 		    wp->w_wincol,
 		    wp->w_wincol + total_width,
-		    wp->w_popup_border[3] != 0 ? bl_corner_char : hor_line_char,
-		    hor_line_char, popup_attr);
+		    wp->w_popup_border[3] != 0
+					     ? border_char[7] : border_char[2],
+		    border_char[2], border_attr[2]);
 	    if (wp->w_popup_border[1] > 0)
-		screen_puts((char_u *)br_corner_str, row,
-			wp->w_wincol + total_width - 1, popup_attr);
+	    {
+		buf[mb_char2bytes(border_char[6], buf)] = NUL;
+		screen_puts(buf, row,
+			       wp->w_wincol + total_width - 1, border_attr[2]);
+	    }
 	}
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/structs.h b/src/structs.h
index fb27745..f6db264 100644
--- a/src/structs.h
+++ b/src/structs.h
@@ -2890,6 +2890,8 @@
     int		w_wantcol;	    // "col" for popup window
     int		w_popup_padding[4]; // popup padding top/right/bot/left
     int		w_popup_border[4];  // popup border top/right/bot/left
+    char_u	*w_border_highlight[4];  // popup border highlight
+    int		w_border_char[8];   // popup border characters
     varnumber_T	w_popup_last_changedtick; // b:changedtick when position was
 					  // computed
     callback_T	w_filter_cb;	    // popup filter callback
diff --git a/src/testdir/dumps/Test_popupwin_22.dump b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_popupwin_22.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e38906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_popupwin_22.dump
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+>1+0&#ffffff0| @73
+|2| |╔+0&#5fd7ff255|═@11|╗| +0&#ffffff0@5|╔+0&#dadada255|═@11|╗+0&#8a8a8a255| +0&#ffffff0@5|x+0&#5fd7ff255@13| +0&#ffffff0@2|#+0&#5fd7ff255|x@11|#| +0&#ffffff0@1
+|3| |║+0&#5fd7ff255|h+0#0000001#ffd7ff255|e|l@1|o| |b|o|r|d|e|r|║+0#0000000#5fd7ff255| +0&#ffffff0@5|║+0&#a8a8a8255|h+0#0000001#ffd7ff255|e|l@1|o| |b|o|r|d|e|r|║+0#0000000#8a8a8a255| +0&#ffffff0@5|x+0&#5fd7ff255|h+0#0000001#ffd7ff255|e|l@1|o| |b|o|r|d|e|r|x+0#0000000#5fd7ff255| +0&#ffffff0@2|x+0&#5fd7ff255|h+0#0000001#ffd7ff255|e|l@1|o| |b|o|r|d|e|r|x+0#0000000#5fd7ff255| +0&#ffffff0@1
+|4| |╚+0&#5fd7ff255|═@11|╝| +0&#ffffff0@5|║+0&#a8a8a8255|a+0#0000001#ffd7ff255|n|d| |m|o|r|e| @3|║+0#0000000#8a8a8a255| +0&#ffffff0@5|x+0&#5fd7ff255|l+0#0000001#ffd7ff255|i|n|e|s| |o|n|l|y| @1|x+0#0000000#5fd7ff255| +0&#ffffff0@2|x+0&#5fd7ff255|w+0#0000001#ffd7ff255|i|t|h| |c|o|r|n|e|r|s|x+0#0000000#5fd7ff255| +0&#ffffff0@1
+|5| @20|╚+0&#585858255|═@11|╝| +0&#ffffff0@5|x+0&#5fd7ff255@13| +0&#ffffff0@2|#+0&#5fd7ff255|x@11|#| +0&#ffffff0@1
+|6| |4+0&#5fd7ff255|0@11|5| +0&#ffffff0@58
+|7| |3+0&#5fd7ff255|h+0#0000001#ffd7ff255|e|l@1|o| |b|o|r|d|e|r|1+0#0000000#5fd7ff255| +0&#ffffff0@5| +0&#5fd7ff255@13| +0&#ffffff0@38
+|8| |3+0&#5fd7ff255|w+0#0000001#ffd7ff255|i|t|h| |n|u|m|b|e|r|s|1+0#0000000#5fd7ff255| +0&#ffffff0@5| +0&#5fd7ff255|h+0#0000001#ffd7ff255|e|l@1|o| |b|o|r|d|e|r| +0#0000000#5fd7ff255| +0&#ffffff0@38
+|9| |7+0&#5fd7ff255|2@11|6| +0&#ffffff0@5| +0&#5fd7ff255|j+0#0000001#ffd7ff255|u|s|t| |b|l|a|n|k|s| | +0#0000000#5fd7ff255| +0&#ffffff0@38
+|1|0| @19| +0&#5fd7ff255@13| +0&#ffffff0@38
+|1@1| @72
+@57|1|,|1| @10|T|o|p| 
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_popupwin.vim b/src/testdir/test_popupwin.vim
index 523bd59..6a2ef24 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_popupwin.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_popupwin.vim
@@ -77,6 +77,26 @@
     call delete('XtestPopupBorder')
   endfor
 
+  call writefile([
+	\ "call setline(1, range(1, 100))",
+	\ "hi BlueColor ctermbg=lightblue",
+	\ "hi TopColor ctermbg=253",
+	\ "hi RightColor ctermbg=245",
+	\ "hi BottomColor ctermbg=240",
+	\ "hi LeftColor ctermbg=248",
+	\ "call popup_create('hello border', {'line': 2, 'col': 3, 'border': [], 'borderhighlight': ['BlueColor']})",
+	\ "call popup_create(['hello border', 'and more'], {'line': 2, 'col': 23, 'border': [], 'borderhighlight': ['TopColor', 'RightColor', 'BottomColor', 'LeftColor']})",
+	\ "call popup_create(['hello border', 'lines only'], {'line': 2, 'col': 43, 'border': [], 'borderhighlight': ['BlueColor'], 'borderchars': ['x']})",
+	\ "call popup_create(['hello border', 'with corners'], {'line': 2, 'col': 60, 'border': [], 'borderhighlight': ['BlueColor'], 'borderchars': ['x', '#']})",
+	\ "call popup_create(['hello border', 'with numbers'], {'line': 6, 'col': 3, 'border': [], 'borderhighlight': ['BlueColor'], 'borderchars': ['0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7']})",
+	\ "call popup_create(['hello border', 'just blanks'], {'line': 7, 'col': 23, 'border': [], 'borderhighlight': ['BlueColor'], 'borderchars': [' ']})",
+	\], 'XtestPopupBorder')
+  let buf = RunVimInTerminal('-S XtestPopupBorder', {'rows': 12})
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_popupwin_22', {})
+
+  call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
+  call delete('XtestPopupBorder')
+
   let with_border_or_padding = {
 	\ 'line': 2,
 	\ 'core_line': 3,
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index a82e6e9..3be4e65 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -768,6 +768,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1445,
+/**/
     1444,
 /**/
     1443,
diff --git a/src/window.c b/src/window.c
index b4ab11b..e15b311 100644
--- a/src/window.c
+++ b/src/window.c
@@ -4846,6 +4846,8 @@
 #endif
 #ifdef FEAT_TEXT_PROP
     free_callback(&wp->w_filter_cb);
+    for (i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
+	VIM_CLEAR(wp->w_border_highlight[i]);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef FEAT_SYN_HL