diff --git a/cucul/cucul.h b/cucul/cucul.h
index d853ce7..8fb6354 100644
--- a/cucul/cucul.h
+++ b/cucul/cucul.h
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ int cucul_flip(cucul_canvas_t *);
 int cucul_flop(cucul_canvas_t *);
 int cucul_rotate_180(cucul_canvas_t *);
 int cucul_rotate_left(cucul_canvas_t *);
+int cucul_rotate_left_wide(cucul_canvas_t *);
 int cucul_rotate_right(cucul_canvas_t *);
+int cucul_rotate_right_wide(cucul_canvas_t *);
 /*  @} */
 
 /** \defgroup attributes libcucul attribute conversions
diff --git a/cucul/transform.c b/cucul/transform.c
index 0311b1b..262af20 100644
--- a/cucul/transform.c
+++ b/cucul/transform.c
@@ -303,6 +303,106 @@ int cucul_rotate_left(cucul_canvas_t *cv)
     return 0;
 }
 
+/** \brief Rotate a canvas, 90 degrees counterclockwise (widechar version).
+ *
+ *  Apply a 90-degree transformation to a canvas, choosing characters
+ *  that look like the rotated version wherever possible. Characters cells
+ *  are rotated two-by-two. Some characters will stay unchanged by the
+ *  process, some others will be replaced by close equivalents. Fullwidth
+ *  characters at odd horizontal coordinates will be lost. The operation is
+ *  not guaranteed to be reversible at all.
+ *
+ *  Note that the width of the canvas is divided by two and becomes the
+ *  new height. Height is multiplied by two and becomes the new width. It
+ *  is illegal to pass a canvas with an odd width to this function.
+ *
+ *  If an error occurs, -1 is returned and \b errno is set accordingly:
+ *  - \c EBUSY The canvas is in use by a display driver and cannot be rotated.
+ *  - \c EINVAL The canvas' width is odd.
+ *  - \c ENOMEM Not enough memory to allocate the new canvas size. If this
+ *    happens, the previous canvas handle is still valid.
+ *
+ *  \param cv The canvas to rotate left.
+ *  \return 0 in case of success, -1 if an error occurred.
+ */
+int cucul_rotate_left_wide(cucul_canvas_t *cv)
+{
+    uint32_t *newchars, *newattrs;
+    unsigned int x, y, subwidth, subheight;
+
+    if(cv->refcount)
+    {
+        seterrno(EBUSY);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if(cv->width & 1)
+    {
+        seterrno(EINVAL);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* Save the current frame shortcuts */
+    _cucul_save_frame_info(cv);
+
+    newchars = malloc(cv->width * cv->height * sizeof(uint32_t));
+    if(!newchars)
+        return -1;
+
+    newattrs = malloc(cv->width * cv->height * sizeof(uint32_t));
+    if(!newattrs)
+    {
+        free(newchars);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    subwidth = cv->width / 2;
+    subheight = cv->height;
+
+    for(y = 0; y < subheight; y++)
+    {
+        for(x = 0; x < subwidth; x++)
+        {
+            uint32_t ch1, ch2, attr1, attr2;
+
+            ch1 = cv->chars[(subwidth * y + x) * 2];
+            attr1 = cv->attrs[(subwidth * y + x) * 2];
+            ch2 = cv->chars[(subwidth * y + x) * 2 + 1];
+            attr2 = cv->attrs[(subwidth * y + x) * 2 + 1];
+
+            newchars[(subheight * (subwidth - 1 - x) + y) * 2] = ch1;
+            newattrs[(subheight * (subwidth - 1 - x) + y) * 2] = attr1;
+            newchars[(subheight * (subwidth - 1 - x) + y) * 2 + 1] = ch2;
+            newattrs[(subheight * (subwidth - 1 - x) + y) * 2 + 1] = attr2;
+        }
+    }
+
+    free(cv->chars);
+    free(cv->attrs);
+
+    /* Swap X and Y information */
+    x = cv->frames[cv->frame].x;
+    y = cv->frames[cv->frame].y;
+    cv->frames[cv->frame].x = y * 2;
+    cv->frames[cv->frame].y = (cv->width - 1 - x) / 2;
+
+    x = cv->frames[cv->frame].handlex;
+    y = cv->frames[cv->frame].handley;
+    cv->frames[cv->frame].handlex = y * 2;
+    cv->frames[cv->frame].handley = (cv->width - 1 - x) / 2;
+
+    cv->frames[cv->frame].width = cv->height * 2;
+    cv->frames[cv->frame].height = cv->width / 2;
+
+    cv->frames[cv->frame].chars = newchars;
+    cv->frames[cv->frame].attrs = newattrs;
+
+    /* Reset the current frame shortcuts */
+    _cucul_load_frame_info(cv);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /** \brief Rotate a canvas, 90 degrees clockwise.
  *
  *  Apply a 270-degree transformation to a canvas, choosing characters
@@ -393,6 +493,106 @@ int cucul_rotate_right(cucul_canvas_t *cv)
     return 0;
 }
 
+/** \brief Rotate a canvas, 90 degrees counterclockwise (widechar version).
+ *
+ *  Apply a 90-degree transformation to a canvas, choosing characters
+ *  that look like the rotated version wherever possible. Characters cells
+ *  are rotated two-by-two. Some characters will stay unchanged by the
+ *  process, some others will be replaced by close equivalents. Fullwidth
+ *  characters at odd horizontal coordinates will be lost. The operation is
+ *  not guaranteed to be reversible at all.
+ *
+ *  Note that the width of the canvas is divided by two and becomes the
+ *  new height. Height is multiplied by two and becomes the new width. It
+ *  is illegal to pass a canvas with an odd width to this function.
+ *
+ *  If an error occurs, -1 is returned and \b errno is set accordingly:
+ *  - \c EBUSY The canvas is in use by a display driver and cannot be rotated.
+ *  - \c EINVAL The canvas' width is odd.
+ *  - \c ENOMEM Not enough memory to allocate the new canvas size. If this
+ *    happens, the previous canvas handle is still valid.
+ *
+ *  \param cv The canvas to rotate right.
+ *  \return 0 in case of success, -1 if an error occurred.
+ */
+int cucul_rotate_right_wide(cucul_canvas_t *cv)
+{
+    uint32_t *newchars, *newattrs;
+    unsigned int x, y, subwidth, subheight;
+
+    if(cv->refcount)
+    {
+        seterrno(EBUSY);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if(cv->width & 1)
+    {
+        seterrno(EINVAL);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* Save the current frame shortcuts */
+    _cucul_save_frame_info(cv);
+
+    newchars = malloc(cv->width * cv->height * sizeof(uint32_t));
+    if(!newchars)
+        return -1;
+
+    newattrs = malloc(cv->width * cv->height * sizeof(uint32_t));
+    if(!newattrs)
+    {
+        free(newchars);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    subwidth = cv->width / 2;
+    subheight = cv->height;
+
+    for(y = 0; y < subheight; y++)
+    {
+        for(x = 0; x < subwidth; x++)
+        {
+            uint32_t ch1, ch2, attr1, attr2;
+
+            ch1 = cv->chars[(subwidth * y + x) * 2];
+            attr1 = cv->attrs[(subwidth * y + x) * 2];
+            ch2 = cv->chars[(subwidth * y + x) * 2 + 1];
+            attr2 = cv->attrs[(subwidth * y + x) * 2 + 1];
+
+            newchars[(subheight * x + subheight - 1 - y) * 2] = ch1;
+            newattrs[(subheight * x + subheight - 1 - y) * 2] = attr1;
+            newchars[(subheight * x + subheight - 1 - y) * 2 + 1] = ch2;
+            newattrs[(subheight * x + subheight - 1 - y) * 2 + 1] = attr2;
+        }
+    }
+
+    free(cv->chars);
+    free(cv->attrs);
+
+    /* Swap X and Y information */
+    x = cv->frames[cv->frame].x;
+    y = cv->frames[cv->frame].y;
+    cv->frames[cv->frame].x = (cv->height - 1 - y) * 2;
+    cv->frames[cv->frame].y = x / 2;
+
+    x = cv->frames[cv->frame].handlex;
+    y = cv->frames[cv->frame].handley;
+    cv->frames[cv->frame].handlex = (cv->height - 1 - y) * 2;
+    cv->frames[cv->frame].handley = x / 2;
+
+    cv->frames[cv->frame].width = cv->height * 2;
+    cv->frames[cv->frame].height = cv->width / 2;
+
+    cv->frames[cv->frame].chars = newchars;
+    cv->frames[cv->frame].attrs = newattrs;
+
+    /* Reset the current frame shortcuts */
+    _cucul_load_frame_info(cv);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /* FIXME: as the lookup tables grow bigger, use a log(n) lookup instead
  * of linear lookup. */
 static uint32_t flipchar(uint32_t ch)
diff --git a/test/text.c b/test/text.c
index ac13deb..4e246f1 100644
--- a/test/text.c
+++ b/test/text.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     fwrite(buffer, len, 1, stdout);
     free(buffer);
 
-    cucul_rotate_left(cv);
+    cucul_rotate_left_wide(cv);
     buffer = cucul_export_memory(cv, "utf8", &len);
     fwrite(buffer, len, 1, stdout);
     free(buffer);