diff --git a/include/ghostty.h b/include/ghostty.h
index c871dd593..7888b380c 100644
--- a/include/ghostty.h
+++ b/include/ghostty.h
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ void ghostty_surface_mouse_scroll(ghostty_surface_t,
                                   double,
                                   ghostty_input_scroll_mods_t);
 void ghostty_surface_mouse_pressure(ghostty_surface_t, uint32_t, double);
-void ghostty_surface_ime_point(ghostty_surface_t, double*, double*);
+void ghostty_surface_ime_point(ghostty_surface_t, double*, double*, double*, double*);
 void ghostty_surface_request_close(ghostty_surface_t);
 void ghostty_surface_split(ghostty_surface_t, ghostty_action_split_direction_e);
 void ghostty_surface_split_focus(ghostty_surface_t,
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
index d88201eaf..eef4bccb3 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
@@ -1683,8 +1683,10 @@ extension Ghostty.SurfaceView: NSTextInputClient {
         }
 
         // Ghostty will tell us where it thinks an IME keyboard should render.
-        var x: Double = 0;
-        var y: Double = 0;
+        var x: Double = 0
+        var y: Double = 0
+        var width: Double = cellSize.width
+        var height: Double = cellSize.height
 
         // QuickLook never gives us a matching range to our selection so if we detect
         // this then we return the top-left selection point rather than the cursor point.
@@ -1702,15 +1704,19 @@ extension Ghostty.SurfaceView: NSTextInputClient {
                 // Free our text
                 ghostty_surface_free_text(surface, &text)
             } else {
-                ghostty_surface_ime_point(surface, &x, &y)
+                ghostty_surface_ime_point(surface, &x, &y, &width, &height)
             }
         } else {
-            ghostty_surface_ime_point(surface, &x, &y)
+            ghostty_surface_ime_point(surface, &x, &y, &width, &height)
         }
 
         // Ghostty coordinates are in top-left (0, 0) so we have to convert to
         // bottom-left since that is what UIKit expects
-        let viewRect = NSMakeRect(x, frame.size.height - y, cellSize.width, cellSize.height)
+        let viewRect = NSMakeRect(
+            x,
+            frame.size.height - y,
+            max(width, cellSize.width),
+            max(height, cellSize.height))
 
         // Convert the point to the window coordinates
         let winRect = self.convert(viewRect, to: nil)
diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index 330d25102..f7a961b62 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -1730,6 +1730,7 @@ pub fn pwd(
 pub fn imePoint(self: *const Surface) apprt.IMEPos {
     self.renderer_state.mutex.lock();
     const cursor = self.renderer_state.terminal.screen.cursor;
+    const preedit_width: usize = if (self.renderer_state.preedit) |preedit| preedit.width() else 0;
     self.renderer_state.mutex.unlock();
 
     // TODO: need to handle when scrolling and the cursor is not
@@ -1764,7 +1765,38 @@ pub fn imePoint(self: *const Surface) apprt.IMEPos {
         break :y y;
     };
 
-    return .{ .x = x, .y = y };
+    // Our height for now is always just the cell height because our preedit
+    // rendering only renders in a single line.
+    const height: f64 = height: {
+        var height: f64 = @floatFromInt(self.size.cell.height);
+        height /= content_scale.y;
+        break :height height;
+    };
+    const width: f64 = width: {
+        var width: f64 = @floatFromInt(preedit_width * self.size.cell.width);
+
+        // Our max width is the remaining screen width after the cursor.
+        // We don't have to deal with wrapping because the preedit doesn't
+        // wrap right now.
+        const screen_width: f64 = @floatFromInt(self.size.terminal().width);
+        const x_offset: f64 = @floatFromInt((cursor.x + 1) * self.size.cell.width);
+        const max = screen_width - x_offset;
+        width = @min(width, max);
+
+        // Note: we don't apply content scale here because it looks like
+        // for some reason in macOS its already scaled. I'm not sure why
+        // that is so I'm going to just leave this comment here so its known
+        // that I left this out on purpose pending more investigation.
+
+        break :width width;
+    };
+
+    return .{
+        .x = x,
+        .y = y,
+        .width = width,
+        .height = height,
+    };
 }
 
 fn clipboardWrite(self: *const Surface, data: []const u8, loc: apprt.Clipboard) !void {
diff --git a/src/apprt/embedded.zig b/src/apprt/embedded.zig
index e4961ac49..5f43e1659 100644
--- a/src/apprt/embedded.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/embedded.zig
@@ -1822,10 +1822,18 @@ pub const CAPI = struct {
         surface.mousePressureCallback(stage, pressure);
     }
 
-    export fn ghostty_surface_ime_point(surface: *Surface, x: *f64, y: *f64) void {
+    export fn ghostty_surface_ime_point(
+        surface: *Surface,
+        x: *f64,
+        y: *f64,
+        width: *f64,
+        height: *f64,
+    ) void {
         const pos = surface.core_surface.imePoint();
         x.* = pos.x;
         y.* = pos.y;
+        width.* = pos.width;
+        height.* = pos.height;
     }
 
     /// Request that the surface become closed. This will go through the
diff --git a/src/apprt/structs.zig b/src/apprt/structs.zig
index c9948f3ee..b9e93e9ba 100644
--- a/src/apprt/structs.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/structs.zig
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ pub const CursorPos = struct {
 pub const IMEPos = struct {
     x: f64,
     y: f64,
+    width: f64,
+    height: f64,
 };
 
 /// The clipboard type.