diff --git a/terminal-view/src/main/java/com/termux/view/TerminalRenderer.java b/terminal-view/src/main/java/com/termux/view/TerminalRenderer.java
index 8c12ad55..7a182441 100644
--- a/terminal-view/src/main/java/com/termux/view/TerminalRenderer.java
+++ b/terminal-view/src/main/java/com/termux/view/TerminalRenderer.java
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ public final class TerminalRenderer {
 
             long lastRunStyle = 0;
             boolean lastRunInsideCursor = false;
+            boolean lastRunInsideSelection = false;
             int lastRunStartColumn = -1;
             int lastRunStartIndex = 0;
             boolean lastRunFontWidthMismatch = false;
@@ -98,7 +99,8 @@ public final class TerminalRenderer {
                 final int charsForCodePoint = charIsHighsurrogate ? 2 : 1;
                 final int codePoint = charIsHighsurrogate ? Character.toCodePoint(charAtIndex, line[currentCharIndex + 1]) : charAtIndex;
                 final int codePointWcWidth = WcWidth.width(codePoint);
-                final boolean insideCursor = (column >= selx1 && column <= selx2) || (cursorX == column || (codePointWcWidth == 2 && cursorX == column + 1));
+                final boolean insideCursor = (cursorX == column || (codePointWcWidth == 2 && cursorX == column + 1));
+                final boolean insideSelection = column >= selx1 && column <= selx2;
                 final long style = lineObject.getStyle(column);
 
                 // Check if the measured text width for this code point is not the same as that expected by wcwidth().
@@ -109,20 +111,22 @@ public final class TerminalRenderer {
                     currentCharIndex, charsForCodePoint);
                 final boolean fontWidthMismatch = Math.abs(measuredCodePointWidth / mFontWidth - codePointWcWidth) > 0.01;
 
-                if (style != lastRunStyle || insideCursor != lastRunInsideCursor || fontWidthMismatch || lastRunFontWidthMismatch) {
+                if (style != lastRunStyle || insideCursor != lastRunInsideCursor || insideSelection != lastRunInsideSelection || fontWidthMismatch || lastRunFontWidthMismatch) {
                     if (column == 0) {
                         // Skip first column as there is nothing to draw, just record the current style.
                     } else {
                         final int columnWidthSinceLastRun = column - lastRunStartColumn;
                         final int charsSinceLastRun = currentCharIndex - lastRunStartIndex;
-                        int cursorColor = lastRunInsideCursor ? mEmulator.mColors.mCurrentColors[TextStyle.COLOR_INDEX_CURSOR] : 0;
+                        int cursorColor = (lastRunInsideCursor || lastRunInsideSelection) ? mEmulator.mColors.mCurrentColors[TextStyle.COLOR_INDEX_CURSOR] : 0;
+                        int cursorStyle = lastRunInsideSelection ? TerminalEmulator.CURSOR_STYLE_BLOCK : cursorShape;
                         drawTextRun(canvas, line, palette, heightOffset, lastRunStartColumn, columnWidthSinceLastRun,
                             lastRunStartIndex, charsSinceLastRun, measuredWidthForRun,
-                            cursorColor, cursorShape, lastRunStyle, reverseVideo);
+                            cursorColor, cursorStyle, lastRunStyle, reverseVideo);
                     }
                     measuredWidthForRun = 0.f;
                     lastRunStyle = style;
                     lastRunInsideCursor = insideCursor;
+                    lastRunInsideSelection = insideSelection;
                     lastRunStartColumn = column;
                     lastRunStartIndex = currentCharIndex;
                     lastRunFontWidthMismatch = fontWidthMismatch;
@@ -139,9 +143,10 @@ public final class TerminalRenderer {
 
             final int columnWidthSinceLastRun = columns - lastRunStartColumn;
             final int charsSinceLastRun = currentCharIndex - lastRunStartIndex;
-            int cursorColor = lastRunInsideCursor ? mEmulator.mColors.mCurrentColors[TextStyle.COLOR_INDEX_CURSOR] : 0;
+            int cursorColor = (lastRunInsideCursor || lastRunInsideSelection) ? mEmulator.mColors.mCurrentColors[TextStyle.COLOR_INDEX_CURSOR] : 0;
+            int cursorStyle = lastRunInsideSelection ? TerminalEmulator.CURSOR_STYLE_BLOCK : cursorShape;
             drawTextRun(canvas, line, palette, heightOffset, lastRunStartColumn, columnWidthSinceLastRun, lastRunStartIndex, charsSinceLastRun,
-                measuredWidthForRun, cursorColor, cursorShape, lastRunStyle, reverseVideo);
+                measuredWidthForRun, cursorColor, cursorStyle, lastRunStyle, reverseVideo);
         }
     }