diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 76097ffb5..86ae38786 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -42,8 +42,12 @@
             .lazy = true,
         },
         .uucode = .{
-            .url = "https://github.com/jacobsandlund/uucode/archive/35c0a6b7d653fa91a46c5d0ca07f9742a466f0ad.tar.gz",
-            .hash = "uucode-0.0.0-ZZjBPn4dOwCKhxEJJqsTGrnmITqhnQvvISkhOXvSHcRE",
+            .url = "https://github.com/jacobsandlund/uucode/archive/7d851864a21d1d700d41230762de66f7b7fa5941.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "uucode-0.0.0-ZZjBPqk4OwDcGSplCRYO-zLKcs3FZ-jQGj9rfSEf6VZr",
+        },
+        .uucode_x = .{
+            .url = "https://github.com/jacobsandlund/uucode.x/archive/779492c4565ed282a7c989ffc7f52cbe060f17a3.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "uucode_x-0.0.0-5_D0j-gIAAC4SzTTunb6O4sqwj0kojbjV0rm2bj9QgyA",
         },
         .zig_wayland = .{
             // codeberg ifreund/zig-wayland
diff --git a/src/build/SharedDeps.zig b/src/build/SharedDeps.zig
index 46866085f..b52482385 100644
--- a/src/build/SharedDeps.zig
+++ b/src/build/SharedDeps.zig
@@ -21,17 +21,22 @@ uucode_tables_zig: std.Build.LazyPath,
 pub const LazyPathList = std.ArrayList(std.Build.LazyPath);
 
 pub fn init(b: *std.Build, cfg: *const Config) !SharedDeps {
+    const uucode_x = b.dependency("uucode_x", .{});
+    const uucode_x_config = uucode_x.module("uucode.x.config");
+
+    const uucode = b.dependency("uucode", .{
+        .build_config_path = b.path("src/build/uucode_build_config.zig"),
+    });
+    uucode.module("build_config").addImport("uucode.x.config", uucode_x_config);
+    uucode_x_config.addImport("config.zig", uucode.module("config.zig"));
+    uucode_x_config.addImport("types.zig", uucode.module("types.zig"));
+
     var result: SharedDeps = .{
         .config = cfg,
         .help_strings = try .init(b, cfg),
         .unicode_tables = try .init(b),
         .framedata = try .init(b),
-        .uucode_tables_zig = b.dependency("uucode", .{
-            .table_0_fields = @as([]const []const u8, &[_][]const u8{
-                "general_category",
-                "has_emoji_presentation",
-            }),
-        }).namedLazyPath("tables.zig"),
+        .uucode_tables_zig = uucode.namedLazyPath("tables.zig"),
 
         // Setup by retarget
         .options = undefined,
@@ -426,6 +431,7 @@ pub fn add(
         .target = target,
         .optimize = optimize,
         .@"tables.zig" = self.uucode_tables_zig,
+        .x_root_path = b.path("src/build/uucode_x.zig"),
     })) |dep| {
         step.root_module.addImport("uucode", dep.module("uucode"));
     }
diff --git a/src/build/uucode_build_config.zig b/src/build/uucode_build_config.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c87dfdc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/build/uucode_build_config.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+const config = @import("config.zig");
+const x = @import("uucode.x.config");
+const d = config.default;
+
+pub const tables = [_]config.Table{
+    .{
+        .extensions = &.{x.width},
+        .fields = &.{
+            x.width.field("width"),
+            d.field("general_category"),
+            d.field("has_emoji_presentation"),
+        },
+    },
+};
diff --git a/src/build/uucode_x.zig b/src/build/uucode_x.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce305e3cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/build/uucode_x.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+const get = @import("get.zig");
+const tableFor = get.tableFor;
+const data = get.data;
+
+pub fn width(cp: u21) u2 {
+    const table = comptime tableFor("width");
+    return data(table, cp).width;
+}