1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl.c
index 4f4ee96172..2c8c2cf61d 100644
--- a/src/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl.c
@@ -5316,6 +5316,10 @@ static void pager_open(void) {
                 if (!*pager || streq(pager, "cat"))
                         return;
 
+        /* Determine and cache number of columns before we spawn the
+         * pager so that we get the value from the actual tty */
+        columns();
+
         if (pipe(fd) < 0) {
                 log_error("Failed to create pager pipe: %m");
                 return;