diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f85d4229..15d8de28 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 xbps-0.42 (???):
 
+ * xbps-{install,query}: fix alignment in the column output mode
+   when pkgname is shorter than 4 chars. Fix #71 (https://github.com/voidlinux/xbps/issues/71)
+
  * xbps.d(5): new manual page detailing the configuration settings.
 
  * xbps-dgraph(8): added support to generate dependency graphs, repository
diff --git a/bin/xbps-install/util.c b/bin/xbps-install/util.c
index baaf27fc..e3e2a463 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-install/util.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-install/util.c
@@ -103,13 +103,17 @@ print_trans_colmode(struct transaction *trans, int cols)
 
 	pnamelen = find_longest_pkgname(trans);
 	/* header length */
-	hdrlen = 4 + pnamelen + 60;
+	hdrlen = pnamelen + 61;
 	if (cols <= hdrlen)
 		return false;
 
-	printf("\nName");
-	for (x = 4; x < pnamelen; x++)
+	printf("\nName ");
+	if (pnamelen < 5)
+		pnamelen = 5;
+
+	for (x = 5; x < pnamelen; x++)
 		printf(" ");
+
 	printf("Action    Version           New version            Download size\n");
 
 	while ((obj = xbps_object_iterator_next(trans->iter)) != NULL) {