diff --git a/doc/rofi-dmenu.5 b/doc/rofi-dmenu.5
index 297dc3f0..49c12e55 100644
--- a/doc/rofi-dmenu.5
+++ b/doc/rofi-dmenu.5
@@ -274,6 +274,21 @@ Position \fBrofi\fP over the window with the given X11 window ID.
 .PP
 Set ellipsize mode to start. So, the end of the string is visible.
 
+.PP
+\fB\fC\-display\-columns\fR
+
+.PP
+A comma seperated list of columns to show.
+
+.PP
+\fB\fC\-display\-column\-separator\fR
+
+.PP
+The column separator. This is a regex.
+
+.PP
+\fIdefault\fP: '\\t'
+
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 .RS
 .IP \(bu 2
diff --git a/doc/rofi-dmenu.5.markdown b/doc/rofi-dmenu.5.markdown
index 73ff2235..80c7e749 100644
--- a/doc/rofi-dmenu.5.markdown
+++ b/doc/rofi-dmenu.5.markdown
@@ -177,6 +177,16 @@ Position **rofi** over the window with the given X11 window ID.
 
 Set ellipsize mode to start. So, the end of the string is visible.
 
+`-display-columns`
+
+A comma seperated list of columns to show.
+
+`-display-column-separator`
+
+The column separator. This is a regex. 
+
+*default*: '\t'
+
 
 ## RETURN VALUE
 
diff --git a/source/dialogs/dmenu.c b/source/dialogs/dmenu.c
index ebfb810b..42b8a371 100644
--- a/source/dialogs/dmenu.c
+++ b/source/dialogs/dmenu.c
@@ -239,21 +239,23 @@ static gchar *dmenu_format_output_string(const DmenuModePrivateData *pd,
   for (; splitted && splitted[ns]; ns++) {
     ;
   }
+  GString *str_retv = g_string_new("");
   for (uint32_t i = 0; pd->columns && pd->columns[i]; i++) {
     unsigned int index =
         (unsigned int)g_ascii_strtoull(pd->columns[i], NULL, 10);
-    if (index < ns && index > 0) {
-      if (retv == NULL) {
-        retv = g_strdup(splitted[index - 1]);
+    if (index <= ns && index > 0) {
+      if (index == 1) {
+        g_string_append(str_retv, splitted[index - 1]);
       } else {
-        gchar *t = g_strjoin("\t", retv, splitted[index - 1], NULL);
-        g_free(retv);
-        retv = t;
+        g_string_append_c(str_retv, '\t');
+        g_string_append(str_retv, splitted[index - 1]);
       }
     }
   }
   g_strfreev(splitted);
-  return retv ? retv : g_strdup("");
+  retv = str_retv->str;
+  g_string_free(str_retv, FALSE);
+  return retv;
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int get_index(unsigned int length, int index) {
@@ -818,4 +820,8 @@ void print_dmenu_options(void) {
   print_help_msg("-w", "windowid", "Position over window with X11 windowid.",
                  NULL, is_term);
   print_help_msg("-keep-right", "", "Set ellipsize to end.", NULL, is_term);
+  print_help_msg("--display-columns", "", "Only show the selected columns",
+                 NULL, is_term);
+  print_help_msg("--display-column-separator", "\t",
+                 "Separator to use to split columns (regex)", NULL, is_term);
 }