diff --git a/eglot-tests.el b/eglot-tests.el
index 6cea929b..3dfcc511 100644
--- a/eglot-tests.el
+++ b/eglot-tests.el
@@ -600,6 +600,15 @@ Pass TIMEOUT to `eglot--with-timeout'."
     (should-not (eglot--server-capable :foobarbaz))
     (should-not (eglot--server-capable :textDocumentSync :foobarbaz))))
 
+
+(ert-deftest issue-124 ()
+  "Test LSP's UTF-16 quirks."
+  (with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect "fixtures/utf16.cpp")
+    (should (eql (eglot--lsp-position-to-point '(:character 8 :line 2)) 22))
+    (should (eql (eglot--lsp-position-to-point '(:character 19 :line 2)) 33))
+    (should (eql (eglot--lsp-position-to-point '(:character 50 :line 2)) 63))
+    (should (eql (eglot--lsp-position-to-point '(:character 60 :line 2)) 73))))
+
 (provide 'eglot-tests)
 ;;; eglot-tests.el ends here
 
diff --git a/eglot.el b/eglot.el
index e1771745..8b556e26 100644
--- a/eglot.el
+++ b/eglot.el
@@ -728,16 +728,31 @@ CONNECT-ARGS are passed as additional arguments to
          :character (- (goto-char (or pos (point)))
                        (line-beginning-position)))))
 
+(defun eglot--lsp-char-to-column (lsp-charpos)
+  "Helper for `eglot--lsp-position-to-point'."
+  (let ((line (buffer-substring-no-properties (line-beginning-position)
+                                              (line-end-position))))
+    (with-temp-buffer
+      (save-excursion (insert line))
+      (cl-loop with start-filepos =
+               (bufferpos-to-filepos (point) 'exact 'utf-16-unix)
+               for current-pos = start-filepos
+               then (bufferpos-to-filepos (point) 'exact 'utf-16-unix)
+               while (and (not (eolp))
+                          (< (/ (- current-pos start-filepos) 2)
+                             lsp-charpos))
+               do (forward-char)
+               finally do (cl-return (1- (point)))))))
+
 (defun eglot--lsp-position-to-point (pos-plist &optional marker)
   "Convert LSP position POS-PLIST to Emacs point.
 If optional MARKER, return a marker instead"
-  (save-excursion (goto-char (point-min))
-                  (forward-line (min most-positive-fixnum
-                                     (plist-get pos-plist :line)))
-                  (forward-char (min (plist-get pos-plist :character)
-                                     (- (line-end-position)
-                                        (line-beginning-position))))
-                  (if marker (copy-marker (point-marker)) (point))))
+  (save-excursion
+    (goto-char (point-min))
+    (forward-line (min most-positive-fixnum
+                       (plist-get pos-plist :line)))
+    (forward-char (eglot--lsp-char-to-column (plist-get pos-plist :character)))
+    (if marker (copy-marker (point-marker)) (point))))
 
 (defun eglot--path-to-uri (path)
   "URIfy PATH."
@@ -1392,12 +1407,12 @@ DUMMY is ignored."
   (let* ((rich-identifier
           (car (member identifier eglot--xref-known-symbols)))
          (definitions
-          (if rich-identifier
-              (get-text-property 0 :locations rich-identifier)
-            (jsonrpc-request (eglot--current-server-or-lose)
-                             :textDocument/definition
-                             (get-text-property
-                              0 :textDocumentPositionParams identifier))))
+           (if rich-identifier
+               (get-text-property 0 :locations rich-identifier)
+             (jsonrpc-request (eglot--current-server-or-lose)
+                              :textDocument/definition
+                              (get-text-property
+                               0 :textDocumentPositionParams identifier))))
          (locations
           (and definitions
                (if (vectorp definitions) definitions (vector definitions)))))
diff --git a/fixtures/utf16.cpp b/fixtures/utf16.cpp
new file mode 100644
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