diff --git a/src/colors.rs b/src/colors.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..748e6fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/colors.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use owo_colors::{colors, Color};
+
+pub const COLOR_NULL: &[u8] = colors::BrightBlack::ANSI_FG.as_bytes();
+pub const COLOR_OFFSET: &[u8] = colors::BrightBlack::ANSI_FG.as_bytes();
+pub const COLOR_ASCII_PRINTABLE: &[u8] = colors::Cyan::ANSI_FG.as_bytes();
+pub const COLOR_ASCII_WHITESPACE: &[u8] = colors::Green::ANSI_FG.as_bytes();
+pub const COLOR_ASCII_OTHER: &[u8] = colors::Green::ANSI_FG.as_bytes();
+pub const COLOR_NONASCII: &[u8] = colors::Yellow::ANSI_FG.as_bytes();
+pub const COLOR_RESET: &[u8] = colors::Default::ANSI_FG.as_bytes();
+
+#[rustfmt::skip]
+pub const CP437: [char; 256] = [
+    // Copyright (c) 2016, Delan Azabani <delan@azabani.com>
+    //
+    // Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
+    // purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+    // copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+    //
+    // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+    // WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+    // MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+    // ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+    // WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+    // ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+    // OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+    //
+    // modified to use the ⋄ character instead of ␀
+
+    // use https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Code_page_437&oldid=978947122
+    // not ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/PC/CP437.TXT
+    // because we want the graphic versions of 01h–1Fh + 7Fh
+    '⋄','☺','☻','♥','♦','♣','♠','•','◘','○','◙','♂','♀','♪','♫','☼',
+    '►','◄','↕','‼','¶','§','▬','↨','↑','↓','→','←','∟','↔','▲','▼',
+    ' ','!','"','#','$','%','&','\'','(',')','*','+',',','-','.','/',
+    '0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9',':',';','<','=','>','?',
+    '@','A','B','C','D','E','F','G','H','I','J','K','L','M','N','O',
+    'P','Q','R','S','T','U','V','W','X','Y','Z','[','\\',']','^','_',
+    '`','a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o',
+    'p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z','{','|','}','~','⌂',
+    'Ç','ü','é','â','ä','à','å','ç','ê','ë','è','ï','î','ì','Ä','Å',
+    'É','æ','Æ','ô','ö','ò','û','ù','ÿ','Ö','Ü','¢','£','¥','₧','ƒ',
+    'á','í','ó','ú','ñ','Ñ','ª','º','¿','⌐','¬','½','¼','¡','«','»',
+    '░','▒','▓','│','┤','╡','╢','╖','╕','╣','║','╗','╝','╜','╛','┐',
+    '└','┴','┬','├','─','┼','╞','╟','╚','╔','╩','╦','╠','═','╬','╧',
+    '╨','╤','╥','╙','╘','╒','╓','╫','╪','┘','┌','█','▄','▌','▐','▀',
+    'α','ß','Γ','π','Σ','σ','µ','τ','Φ','Θ','Ω','δ','∞','φ','ε','∩',
+    '≡','±','≥','≤','⌠','⌡','÷','≈','°','∙','·','√','ⁿ','²','■','ff',
+];
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1c0c62e2..145f46d0 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
+pub(crate) mod colors;
 pub(crate) mod input;
 
+pub use colors::*;
 pub use input::*;
 
 use std::io::{self, BufReader, Read, Write};
 
-use owo_colors::{colors, Color};
-
 pub enum Base {
     Binary,
     Octal,
@@ -13,14 +13,6 @@ pub enum Base {
     Hexadecimal,
 }
 
-const COLOR_NULL: &[u8] = colors::BrightBlack::ANSI_FG.as_bytes();
-const COLOR_OFFSET: &[u8] = colors::BrightBlack::ANSI_FG.as_bytes();
-const COLOR_ASCII_PRINTABLE: &[u8] = colors::Cyan::ANSI_FG.as_bytes();
-const COLOR_ASCII_WHITESPACE: &[u8] = colors::Green::ANSI_FG.as_bytes();
-const COLOR_ASCII_OTHER: &[u8] = colors::Green::ANSI_FG.as_bytes();
-const COLOR_NONASCII: &[u8] = colors::Yellow::ANSI_FG.as_bytes();
-const COLOR_RESET: &[u8] = colors::Default::ANSI_FG.as_bytes();
-
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 pub enum ByteCategory {
     Null,
@@ -30,6 +22,13 @@ pub enum ByteCategory {
     NonAscii,
 }
 
+#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub enum CharacterTable {
+    AsciiOnly,
+    CP437,
+}
+
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 pub enum Endianness {
     Little,
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ impl Byte {
 
     fn color(self) -> &'static [u8] {
         use crate::ByteCategory::*;
-
         match self.category() {
             Null => COLOR_NULL,
             AsciiPrintable => COLOR_ASCII_PRINTABLE,
@@ -74,16 +72,18 @@ impl Byte {
         }
     }
 
-    fn as_char(self) -> char {
+    fn as_char(self, character_table: CharacterTable) -> char {
         use crate::ByteCategory::*;
-
-        match self.category() {
-            Null => '⋄',
-            AsciiPrintable => self.0 as char,
-            AsciiWhitespace if self.0 == 0x20 => ' ',
-            AsciiWhitespace => '_',
-            AsciiOther => '•',
-            NonAscii => '×',
+        match character_table {
+            CharacterTable::AsciiOnly => match self.category() {
+                Null => '⋄',
+                AsciiPrintable => self.0 as char,
+                AsciiWhitespace if self.0 == 0x20 => ' ',
+                AsciiWhitespace => '_',
+                AsciiOther => '•',
+                NonAscii => '×',
+            },
+            CharacterTable::CP437 => CP437[self.0 as usize],
         }
     }
 }
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ pub struct PrinterBuilder<'a, Writer: Write> {
     group_size: u8,
     base: Base,
     endianness: Endianness,
+    character_table: CharacterTable,
 }
 
 impl<'a, Writer: Write> PrinterBuilder<'a, Writer> {
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ impl<'a, Writer: Write> PrinterBuilder<'a, Writer> {
             group_size: 1,
             base: Base::Hexadecimal,
             endianness: Endianness::Big,
+            character_table: CharacterTable::AsciiOnly,
         }
     }
 
@@ -230,6 +232,11 @@ impl<'a, Writer: Write> PrinterBuilder<'a, Writer> {
         self
     }
 
+    pub fn character_table(mut self, character_table: CharacterTable) -> Self {
+        self.character_table = character_table;
+        self
+    }
+
     pub fn build(self) -> Printer<'a, Writer> {
         Printer::new(
             self.writer,
@@ -242,6 +249,7 @@ impl<'a, Writer: Write> PrinterBuilder<'a, Writer> {
             self.group_size,
             self.base,
             self.endianness,
+            self.character_table,
         )
     }
 }
@@ -271,6 +279,8 @@ pub struct Printer<'a, Writer: Write> {
     base_digits: u8,
     /// Whether to show groups in little or big endian format.
     endianness: Endianness,
+    /// The character table to reference for the character panel.
+    character_table: CharacterTable,
 }
 
 impl<'a, Writer: Write> Printer<'a, Writer> {
@@ -285,6 +295,7 @@ impl<'a, Writer: Write> Printer<'a, Writer> {
         group_size: u8,
         base: Base,
         endianness: Endianness,
+        character_table: CharacterTable,
     ) -> Printer<'a, Writer> {
         Printer {
             idx: 0,
@@ -304,7 +315,7 @@ impl<'a, Writer: Write> Printer<'a, Writer> {
                 })
                 .collect(),
             byte_char_panel: (0u8..=u8::MAX)
-                .map(|i| format!("{}", Byte(i).as_char()))
+                .map(|i| format!("{}", Byte(i).as_char(character_table)))
                 .collect(),
             byte_hex_panel_g: (0u8..=u8::MAX).map(|i| format!("{i:02x}")).collect(),
             squeezer: if use_squeeze {
@@ -323,6 +334,7 @@ impl<'a, Writer: Write> Printer<'a, Writer> {
                 Base::Hexadecimal => 2,
             },
             endianness,
+            character_table,
         }
     }
 
@@ -401,8 +413,7 @@ impl<'a, Writer: Write> Printer<'a, Writer> {
         if self.show_position_panel {
             match self.squeezer {
                 Squeezer::Print => {
-                    self.writer
-                        .write_all(self.byte_char_panel[b'*' as usize].as_bytes())?;
+                    self.writer.write_all(&[b'*'])?;
                     if self.show_color {
                         self.writer.write_all(COLOR_RESET)?;
                     }
@@ -732,6 +743,7 @@ mod tests {
             1,
             Base::Hexadecimal,
             Endianness::Big,
+            CharacterTable::AsciiOnly,
         );
 
         printer.print_all(input).unwrap();
@@ -787,6 +799,7 @@ mod tests {
             1,
             Base::Hexadecimal,
             Endianness::Big,
+            CharacterTable::AsciiOnly,
         );
         printer.display_offset(0xdeadbeef);
 
@@ -821,6 +834,7 @@ mod tests {
             1,
             Base::Hexadecimal,
             Endianness::Big,
+            CharacterTable::AsciiOnly,
         );
 
         printer.print_all(input).unwrap();
@@ -881,6 +895,7 @@ mod tests {
             1,
             Base::Hexadecimal,
             Endianness::Big,
+            CharacterTable::AsciiOnly,
         );
 
         printer.print_all(input).unwrap();
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5e022f30..2d1d8d7e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use thiserror::Error as ThisError;
 
 use terminal_size::terminal_size;
 
-use hexyl::{Base, BorderStyle, Endianness, Input, PrinterBuilder};
+use hexyl::{Base, BorderStyle, CharacterTable, Endianness, Input, PrinterBuilder};
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
@@ -212,6 +212,18 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
                 .hide(true)
                 .help("An alias for '--endianness=little'."),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("character-table")
+                .long("character-table")
+                .value_name("FORMAT")
+                .value_parser(["codepage-437", "ascii-only"])
+                .default_value("ascii-only")
+                .help(
+                    "The character table that should be used. 'ascii-only' \
+                    will show dots for non-ASCII characters, 'codepage-437' \
+                    will use Code page 437 for those characters."
+                ),
+        )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("base")
                 .short('b')
@@ -469,6 +481,17 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
         ("big", _) => Endianness::Big,
         _ => unreachable!(),
     };
+
+    let character_table = match matches
+        .get_one::<String>("character-table")
+        .unwrap()
+        .as_ref()
+    {
+        "ascii-only" => CharacterTable::AsciiOnly,
+        "codepage-437" => CharacterTable::CP437,
+        _ => unreachable!(),
+    };
+
     let stdout = io::stdout();
     let mut stdout_lock = BufWriter::new(stdout.lock());
 
@@ -482,6 +505,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
         .group_size(group_size)
         .with_base(base)
         .endianness(endianness)
+        .character_table(character_table)
         .build();
     printer.display_offset(skip_offset + display_offset);
     printer.print_all(&mut reader).map_err(|e| anyhow!(e))?;
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests.rs b/tests/integration_tests.rs
index fc10dfaa..a44c77c0 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -618,3 +618,62 @@ mod base {
             );
     }
 }
+
+mod character_table {
+    use super::hexyl;
+    use super::PrettyAssert;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn codepage_437() {
+        hexyl()
+            .arg("hello_world_elf64")
+            .arg("--color=never")
+            .arg("--character-table=codepage-437")
+            .assert()
+            .success()
+            .pretty_stdout(
+                "┌────────┬─────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┬────────┬────────┐
+│00000000│ 7f 45 4c 46 02 01 01 00 ┊ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │⌂ELF☻☺☺⋄┊⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│00000010│ 02 00 3e 00 01 00 00 00 ┊ 00 10 40 00 00 00 00 00 │☻⋄>⋄☺⋄⋄⋄┊⋄►@⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│00000020│ 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 28 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 │@⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊( ⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│00000030│ 00 00 00 00 40 00 38 00 ┊ 03 00 40 00 04 00 03 00 │⋄⋄⋄⋄@⋄8⋄┊♥⋄@⋄♦⋄♥⋄│
+│00000040│ 01 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 ┊ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │☺⋄⋄⋄♦⋄⋄⋄┊⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│00000050│ 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 │⋄⋄@⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊⋄⋄@⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│00000060│ e8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ e8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │Φ⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊Φ⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│00000070│ 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 01 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 │⋄►⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊☺⋄⋄⋄♣⋄⋄⋄│
+│00000080│ 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 00 10 40 00 00 00 00 00 │⋄►⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊⋄►@⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│00000090│ 00 10 40 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │⋄►@⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊↔⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│000000a0│ 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 │↔⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊⋄►⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│000000b0│ 01 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 ┊ 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 │☺⋄⋄⋄♠⋄⋄⋄┊⋄ ⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│000000c0│ 00 20 40 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 00 20 40 00 00 00 00 00 │⋄ @⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊⋄ @⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│000000d0│ 0e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 0e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │♫⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊♫⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│000000e0│ 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │⋄►⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│000000f0│ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│*       │                         ┊                         │        ┊        │
+│00001000│ ba 0e 00 00 00 b9 00 20 ┊ 40 00 bb 01 00 00 00 b8 │║♫⋄⋄⋄╣⋄ ┊@⋄╗☺⋄⋄⋄╕│
+│00001010│ 04 00 00 00 cd 80 b8 01 ┊ 00 00 00 cd 80 00 00 00 │♦⋄⋄⋄═Ç╕☺┊⋄⋄⋄═Ç⋄⋄⋄│
+│00001020│ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│*       │                         ┊                         │        ┊        │
+│00002000│ 48 65 6c 6c 6f 2c 20 77 ┊ 6f 72 6c 64 21 0a 00 2e │Hello, w┊orld!◙⋄.│
+│00002010│ 73 68 73 74 72 74 61 62 ┊ 00 2e 74 65 78 74 00 2e │shstrtab┊⋄.text⋄.│
+│00002020│ 64 61 74 61 00 00 00 00 ┊ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │data⋄⋄⋄⋄┊⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│00002030│ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│*       │                         ┊                         │        ┊        │
+│00002060│ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 0b 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 │⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊♂⋄⋄⋄☺⋄⋄⋄│
+│00002070│ 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 00 10 40 00 00 00 00 00 │♠⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊⋄►@⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│00002080│ 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │⋄►⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊↔⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│00002090│ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊►⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│000020a0│ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 11 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 │⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊◄⋄⋄⋄☺⋄⋄⋄│
+│000020b0│ 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 00 20 40 00 00 00 00 00 │♥⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊⋄ @⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│000020c0│ 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 0e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │⋄ ⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊♫⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│000020d0│ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊♦⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│000020e0│ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 01 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 │⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊☺⋄⋄⋄♥⋄⋄⋄│
+│000020f0│ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│00002100│ 0e 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 17 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │♫ ⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊↨⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│00002110│ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊ 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 │⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊☺⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄│
+│00002120│ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ┊                         │⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄⋄┊        │
+└────────┴─────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┴────────┴────────┘
+",
+            );
+    }
+}