diff --git a/doc/man5/taskrc.5 b/doc/man5/taskrc.5
index 18417485c..f1813359f 100644
--- a/doc/man5/taskrc.5
+++ b/doc/man5/taskrc.5
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ The width of tables used when ncurses support is not available. Defaults to 80.
 Determines whether task uses ncurses to establish the size of the window you are
 using, for text wrapping. 
 
+.TP
+.B fontunderline=on
+Determines if font underlines or ascii dashes should be used to underline
+headers.
+
 .TP
 .B due=7
 This is the number of days into the future that define when a task is considered due,
diff --git a/html/config.html b/html/config.html
index 80a2c8a23..5cc6c010d 100644
--- a/html/config.html
+++ b/html/config.html
@@ -209,6 +209,13 @@
                   Defaults to 80.
                 </dd>
 
+                <dt>fontuderline</dt>
+                <dd>
+                    May be "on" or "off".  Determines if font underlines or ascii
+                    dashes should be used to underline headers.
+                    Defaults to on.
+                </dd>
+
                 <dt>due</dt>
                 <dd>
 
diff --git a/src/report.cpp b/src/report.cpp
index 9e419bfac..050f6e85c 100644
--- a/src/report.cpp
+++ b/src/report.cpp
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ std::string handleCompleted (TDB& tdb, T& task, Config& conf)
   table.addColumn ("Project");
   table.addColumn ("Description");
 
-  if (conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false))
+  if ((conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false)) &&
+      conf.get (std::string ("fontunderline"), "true"))
   {
     table.setColumnUnderline (0);
     table.setColumnUnderline (1);
@@ -329,7 +330,8 @@ std::string handleInfo (TDB& tdb, T& task, Config& conf)
       table.addColumn ("Name");
       table.addColumn ("Value");
 
-      if (conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false))
+      if ((conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false)) &&
+          conf.get (std::string ("fontunderline"), "true"))
       {
         table.setColumnUnderline (0);
         table.setColumnUnderline (1);
@@ -605,7 +607,8 @@ std::string handleReportSummary (TDB& tdb, T& task, Config& conf)
   table.addColumn ("Complete");
   table.addColumn ("0%                        100%");
 
-  if (conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false))
+  if ((conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false)) &&
+      conf.get (std::string ("fontunderline"), "true"))
   {
     table.setColumnUnderline (0);
     table.setColumnUnderline (1);
@@ -746,7 +749,8 @@ std::string handleReportNext (TDB& tdb, T& task, Config& conf)
   table.addColumn ("Age");
   table.addColumn ("Description");
 
-  if (conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false))
+  if ((conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false)) &&
+      conf.get (std::string ("fontunderline"), "true"))
   {
     table.setColumnUnderline (0);
     table.setColumnUnderline (1);
@@ -988,7 +992,8 @@ std::string handleReportHistory (TDB& tdb, T& task, Config& conf)
   table.addColumn ("Deleted");
   table.addColumn ("Net");
 
-  if (conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false))
+  if ((conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false)) &&
+      conf.get (std::string ("fontunderline"), "true"))
   {
     table.setColumnUnderline (0);
     table.setColumnUnderline (1);
@@ -1189,7 +1194,8 @@ std::string handleReportGHistory (TDB& tdb, T& task, Config& conf)
   table.addColumn ("Month");
   table.addColumn ("Number Added/Completed/Deleted");
 
-  if (conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false))
+  if ((conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false)) &&
+      conf.get (std::string ("fontunderline"), "true"))
   {
     table.setColumnUnderline (0);
     table.setColumnUnderline (1);
@@ -1549,7 +1555,8 @@ std::string renderMonths (
     table.addColumn ("Fr");
     table.addColumn ("Sa");
 
-    if (conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false))
+    if ((conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false)) &&
+        conf.get (std::string ("fontunderline"), "true"))
     {
       table.setColumnUnderline (i + 1);
       table.setColumnUnderline (i + 2);
@@ -1791,7 +1798,8 @@ std::string handleReportActive (TDB& tdb, T& task, Config& conf)
   table.addColumn ("Due");
   table.addColumn ("Description");
 
-  if (conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false))
+  if ((conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false)) &&
+      conf.get (std::string ("fontunderline"), "true"))
   {
     table.setColumnUnderline (0);
     table.setColumnUnderline (1);
@@ -1924,7 +1932,8 @@ std::string handleReportOverdue (TDB& tdb, T& task, Config& conf)
   table.addColumn ("Due");
   table.addColumn ("Description");
 
-  if (conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false))
+  if ((conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false)) &&
+      conf.get (std::string ("fontunderline"), "true"))
   {
     table.setColumnUnderline (0);
     table.setColumnUnderline (1);
@@ -2095,7 +2104,8 @@ std::string handleReportStats (TDB& tdb, T& task, Config& conf)
   table.addColumn ("Category");
   table.addColumn ("Data");
 
-  if (conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false))
+  if ((conf.get ("color", true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false)) &&
+      conf.get (std::string ("fontunderline"), "true"))
   {
     table.setColumnUnderline (0);
     table.setColumnUnderline (1);
@@ -2691,7 +2701,8 @@ std::string handleCustomReport (
 
     // Common to all columns.
     // Add underline.
-    if (conf.get (std::string ("color"), true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false))
+    if ((conf.get (std::string ("color"), true) || conf.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false)) &&
+        conf.get (std::string ("fontunderline"), "true"))
       table.setColumnUnderline (columnCount);
     else
       table.setTableDashedUnderline ();