diff --git a/cmd/gdu/app/app.go b/cmd/gdu/app/app.go
index 7f9612cf1..5860453f1 100644
--- a/cmd/gdu/app/app.go
+++ b/cmd/gdu/app/app.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ type Flags struct {
 	NoMouse            bool     `yaml:"no-mouse"`
 	NonInteractive     bool     `yaml:"non-interactive"`
 	NoProgress         bool     `yaml:"no-progress"`
+	NoUnicode          bool     `yaml:"no-unicode"`
 	NoCross            bool     `yaml:"no-cross"`
 	NoHidden           bool     `yaml:"no-hidden"`
 	NoDelete           bool     `yaml:"no-delete"`
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ func (a *App) createUI() (UI, error) {
 			a.Flags.UseSIPrefix,
 		)
 	case a.Flags.NonInteractive || !a.Istty:
-		ui = stdout.CreateStdoutUI(
+		stdoutUI := stdout.CreateStdoutUI(
 			a.Writer,
 			!a.Flags.NoColor && a.Istty,
 			!a.Flags.NoProgress && a.Istty,
@@ -242,6 +243,10 @@ func (a *App) createUI() (UI, error) {
 			a.Flags.UseSIPrefix,
 			a.Flags.NoPrefix,
 		)
+		if a.Flags.NoUnicode {
+			stdoutUI.UseOldProgressRunes()
+		}
+		ui = stdoutUI
 	default:
 		var opts []tui.Option
 
@@ -260,7 +265,7 @@ func (a *App) createUI() (UI, error) {
 				ui.SetCurrentItemNameMaxLen(a.Flags.Style.ProgressModal.CurrentItemNameMaxLen)
 			})
 		}
-		if a.Flags.Style.UseOldSizeBar {
+		if a.Flags.Style.UseOldSizeBar || a.Flags.NoUnicode {
 			opts = append(opts, func(ui *tui.UI) {
 				ui.UseOldSizeBar()
 			})
diff --git a/cmd/gdu/app/app_test.go b/cmd/gdu/app/app_test.go
index 61e0255f6..55b428ac1 100644
--- a/cmd/gdu/app/app_test.go
+++ b/cmd/gdu/app/app_test.go
@@ -287,6 +287,24 @@ func TestAnalyzePathWithStyle(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 }
 
+func TestAnalyzePathNoUnicode(t *testing.T) {
+	fin := testdir.CreateTestDir()
+	defer fin()
+
+	out, err := runApp(
+		&Flags{
+			LogFile:   "/dev/null",
+			NoUnicode: true,
+		},
+		[]string{"test_dir"},
+		false,
+		testdev.DevicesInfoGetterMock{},
+	)
+
+	assert.Contains(t, out, "nested")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+}
+
 func TestAnalyzePathWithExport(t *testing.T) {
 	fin := testdir.CreateTestDir()
 	defer fin()
diff --git a/cmd/gdu/main.go b/cmd/gdu/main.go
index a842f1021..e79e0dda1 100644
--- a/cmd/gdu/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gdu/main.go
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ func init() {
 	flags.BoolVarP(&af.ShowMTime, "show-mtime", "M", false, "Show latest mtime of items in directory")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&af.NonInteractive, "non-interactive", "n", false, "Do not run in interactive mode")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&af.NoProgress, "no-progress", "p", false, "Do not show progress in non-interactive mode")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&af.NoUnicode, "no-unicode", "u", false, "Do not use Unicode symbols (for size bar)")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&af.Summarize, "summarize", "s", false, "Show only a total in non-interactive mode")
 	flags.BoolVar(&af.UseSIPrefix, "si", false, "Show sizes with decimal SI prefixes (kB, MB, GB) instead of binary prefixes (KiB, MiB, GiB)")
 	flags.BoolVar(&af.NoPrefix, "no-prefix", false, "Show sizes as raw numbers without any prefixes (SI or binary) in non-interactive mode")
diff --git a/stdout/stdout.go b/stdout/stdout.go
index 669fc69d4..ced65fd53 100644
--- a/stdout/stdout.go
+++ b/stdout/stdout.go
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ type UI struct {
 	noPrefix  bool
 }
 
-var progressRunes = []rune(`⠇⠏⠋⠙⠹⠸⠼⠴⠦⠧`)
+var (
+	progressRunes      = []rune(`⠇⠏⠋⠙⠹⠸⠼⠴⠦⠧`)
+	progressRunesOld   = []rune(`-\\|/`)
+	progressRunesCount = len(progressRunes)
+)
 
 // CreateStdoutUI creates UI for stdout
 func CreateStdoutUI(
@@ -68,6 +72,11 @@ func CreateStdoutUI(
 	return ui
 }
 
+func (ui *UI) UseOldProgressRunes() {
+	progressRunes = progressRunesOld
+	progressRunesCount = len(progressRunes)
+}
+
 // StartUILoop stub
 func (ui *UI) StartUILoop() error {
 	return nil
@@ -321,7 +330,7 @@ func (ui *UI) showReadingProgress(doneChan chan struct{}) {
 
 		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
 		i++
-		i %= 10
+		i %= progressRunesCount
 	}
 }
 
@@ -349,7 +358,7 @@ func (ui *UI) updateProgress(updateStatsDone <-chan struct{}) {
 				fmt.Fprint(ui.output, "Calculating disk usage...")
 				time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
 				i++
-				i %= 10
+				i %= progressRunesCount
 
 				select {
 				case <-updateStatsDone:
@@ -370,7 +379,7 @@ func (ui *UI) updateProgress(updateStatsDone <-chan struct{}) {
 
 		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
 		i++
-		i %= 10
+		i %= progressRunesCount
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/stdout/stdout_test.go b/stdout/stdout_test.go
index 240ed1326..cd76bd92f 100644
--- a/stdout/stdout_test.go
+++ b/stdout/stdout_test.go
@@ -101,6 +101,21 @@ func TestAnalyzePathWithColors(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, output.String(), "subnested")
 }
 
+func TestAnalyzePathWoUnicode(t *testing.T) {
+	fin := testdir.CreateTestDir()
+	defer fin()
+
+	buff := make([]byte, 10)
+	output := bytes.NewBuffer(buff)
+
+	ui := CreateStdoutUI(output, false, true, true, false, false, false, false, false)
+	ui.UseOldProgressRunes()
+	err := ui.AnalyzePath("test_dir/nested", nil)
+
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, output.String(), "subnested")
+}
+
 func TestItemRows(t *testing.T) {
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 10))