diff --git a/pager.c b/pager.c
--- pager.c
+++ pager.c
@@ -1187,10 +1187,17 @@
       last_special = special;
     }
 
-    if (IsWPrint (wc))
+    if (IsWPrint (wc) || (Charset_is_utf8 && wc == 0x00A0))
     {
       if (wc == ' ')
 	space = ch;
+      else if (Charset_is_utf8 && wc == 0x00A0)
+      {
+	/* Convert non-breaking space to normal space. The local variable
+	 * `space' is not set here so that the caller of this function won't
+	 * attempt to wrap at this character. */
+	wc = ' ';
+      }
       t = wcwidth (wc);
       if (col + t > wrap_cols)
 	break;