diff --git a/autoload/EasyMotion.vim b/autoload/EasyMotion.vim
index d5eff99..17c4e16 100644
--- a/autoload/EasyMotion.vim
+++ b/autoload/EasyMotion.vim
@@ -985,9 +985,14 @@ function! s:PromptUser(groups) "{{{
             else
                 let _hl_group = g:EasyMotion_hl2_second_group_target
             endif
-            call EasyMotion#highlight#add_highlight(
-                \ '\%' . line_num . 'l' . target_col_regexp,
-                \ _hl_group)
+            if exists('*matchaddpos')
+                call EasyMotion#highlight#add_pos_highlight(
+                            \ line_num, col_num, _hl_group)
+            else
+                call EasyMotion#highlight#add_highlight(
+                    \ '\%' . line_num . 'l' . target_col_regexp,
+                    \ _hl_group)
+            endif
             "}}}
 
             " Add marker/target length difference for multibyte compensation
diff --git a/autoload/EasyMotion/highlight.vim b/autoload/EasyMotion/highlight.vim
index f6327f1..543e091 100644
--- a/autoload/EasyMotion/highlight.vim
+++ b/autoload/EasyMotion/highlight.vim
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ endfunction "}}}
 function! EasyMotion#highlight#add_highlight(re, group) "{{{
     call add(s:h.ids[a:group], matchadd(a:group, a:re, s:priorities[a:group]))
 endfunction "}}}
+function! EasyMotion#highlight#add_pos_highlight(line_num, col_num, group) "{{{
+    call add(s:h.ids[a:group], matchaddpos(a:group, [[a:line_num, a:col_num]], s:priorities[a:group]))
+endfunction "}}}
 function! EasyMotion#highlight#attach_autocmd() "{{{
     " Reference: https://github.com/justinmk/vim-sneak
     augroup plugin-easymotion