diff --git a/pkg/gui/pty_windows.go b/pkg/gui/pty_windows.go
index 3324fa87d..39577a199 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/pty_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/pty_windows.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package gui
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os/exec"
 
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/gocui"
@@ -11,5 +12,6 @@ func (gui *Gui) onResize() error {
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) newPtyTask(view *gocui.View, cmd *exec.Cmd, prefix string) error {
+	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, fmt.Sprintf("LAZYGIT_COLUMNS=%d", view.InnerWidth()))
 	return gui.newCmdTask(view, cmd, prefix)
 }