diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp
index f75d05ffa42..62da35451aa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ QList<QTextEdit::ExtraSelection> sourceLocationsToExtraSelections(
 
         selection.cursor = selectAt(cppEditorWidget->textCursor(),
                                     sourceLocation.targetLine,
-                                    sourceLocation.targetColumn,
+                                    sourceLocation.targetColumn + 1,
                                     selectionLength);
         selection.format = textCharFormat;