diff --git a/src/dispextern.h b/src/dispextern.h
index 08e5caa893b..84a27169ea1 100644
--- a/src/dispextern.h
+++ b/src/dispextern.h
@@ -2667,9 +2667,10 @@ struct it
   /* The byte position corresponding to lnum.  */
   ptrdiff_t lnum_bytepos;
 
-  /* The width in columns needed for display of the line numbers, or
-     zero if not computed.  */
+  /* The width, in columns and in pixels, needed for display of the
+     line numbers, or zero if not computed.  */
   int lnum_width;
+  int lnum_pixel_width;
 
   /* The line number of point's line, or zero if not computed yet.  */
   ptrdiff_t pt_lnum;
diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index bbf30504844..3fc5f29d0c4 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -20938,6 +20938,8 @@ maybe_produce_line_number (struct it *it)
 	}
     }
 
+  /* Record the width in pixels we need for the line number display.  */
+  it->lnum_pixel_width = tem_it.current_x;
   /* Copy the produced glyphs into IT's glyph_row.  */
   struct glyph *g = scratch_glyph_row.glyphs[TEXT_AREA];
   struct glyph *e = g + scratch_glyph_row.used[TEXT_AREA];
@@ -27997,13 +27999,12 @@ x_produce_glyphs (struct it *it)
 	      int tab_width = it->tab_width * font->space_width;
 	      int x = it->current_x + it->continuation_lines_width;
 	      int x0 = x;
-	      /* Adjust for line numbers.  Kludge alert: the "2" below
-		 is because we add 2 blanks to the actual line number.  */
+	      /* Adjust for line numbers, if needed.   */
 	      if (!NILP (Vdisplay_line_numbers))
-		x -= (it->lnum_width + 2) * font->space_width;
+		x -= it->lnum_pixel_width;
 	      int next_tab_x = ((1 + x + tab_width - 1) / tab_width) * tab_width;
 	      if (!NILP (Vdisplay_line_numbers))
-		next_tab_x += (it->lnum_width + 2) * font->space_width;
+		next_tab_x += it->lnum_pixel_width;
 
 	      /* If the distance from the current position to the next tab
 		 stop is less than a space character width, use the