diff --git a/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme b/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
index a60f2022..5a269f90 100644
--- a/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
+++ b/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ case $POWERLEVEL9K_MODE in
     icons=(
       LEFT_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR         $'\UE0B0' # 
       RIGHT_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR        $'\UE0B2' # 
+      LEFT_SUBSEGMENT_SEPARATOR      $'\UE0B1' # 
+      RIGHT_SUBSEGMENT_SEPARATOR     $'\UE0B3' # 
       ROOT_ICON                      $'\UE801' # 
       RUBY_ICON                      $'\UE847' # 
       AWS_ICON                       $'\UE895' # 
@@ -175,6 +177,8 @@ case $POWERLEVEL9K_MODE in
     icons=(
       LEFT_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR         $'\uE0B0' # 
       RIGHT_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR        $'\uE0B2' # 
+      LEFT_SUBSEGMENT_SEPARATOR      $'\UE0B1' # 
+      RIGHT_SUBSEGMENT_SEPARATOR     $'\UE0B3' # 
       ROOT_ICON                      $'\u26A1' # ⚡
       RUBY_ICON                      ''
       AWS_ICON                       'AWS:'
@@ -376,6 +380,14 @@ left_prompt_segment() {
   if [[ $CURRENT_BG != 'NONE' && $2 != $CURRENT_BG ]]; then
     # Middle segment
     echo -n "%{$bg%F{$CURRENT_BG}%}$(print_icon 'LEFT_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR')%{$fg%} "
+  elif [[ "$CURRENT_BG" == $2 ]]; then
+    # Middle segment with same color as previous segment
+    # We take the current foreground color as color for our
+    # subsegment (or the default color). This should have
+    # enough contrast.
+    local complement
+    [[ -n $3 ]] && complement=$3 || complement=$DEFAULT_COLOR
+    echo -n "%{$bg%F{$complement}%}$(print_icon 'LEFT_SUBSEGMENT_SEPARATOR')%{$fg%} "
   else
     # First segment
     echo -n "%{$bg%}%{$fg%} "
@@ -395,6 +407,8 @@ left_prompt_end() {
   CURRENT_BG=''
 }
 
+CURRENT_RIGHT_BG='NONE'
+
 # Begin a right prompt segment
 # Takes four arguments:
 #   * $1: Name of the function that was orginally invoked (mandatory).
@@ -417,8 +431,21 @@ right_prompt_segment() {
   local bg fg
   [[ -n $2 ]] && bg="%K{$2}" || bg="%k"
   [[ -n $3 ]] && fg="%F{$3}" || fg="%f"
-  echo -n "%F{$2}$(print_icon 'RIGHT_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR')%f%{$bg%}%{$fg%} "
+
+  if [[ "$CURRENT_RIGHT_BG" == $2 ]]; then
+    # Middle segment with same color as previous segment
+    # We take the current foreground color as color for our
+    # subsegment (or the default color). This should have
+    # enough contrast.
+    local complement
+    [[ -n $3 ]] && complement=$3 || complement=$DEFAULT_COLOR
+    echo -n "%F{$complement}$(print_icon 'RIGHT_SUBSEGMENT_SEPARATOR')%f%{$bg%}%{$fg%} "
+  else
+    echo -n "%F{$2}$(print_icon 'RIGHT_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR')%f%{$bg%}%{$fg%} "
+  fi
   [[ -n $4 ]] && echo -n "$4 %f"
+
+  CURRENT_RIGHT_BG=$2
 }
 
 ################################################################
@@ -672,7 +699,7 @@ prompt_longstatus() {
   [[ "$UID" -eq 0 ]] && symbols+="%F{yellow} $(print_icon 'ROOT_ICON')%f"
   [[ $(jobs -l | wc -l) -gt 0 ]] && symbols+="%F{cyan}$(print_icon 'BACKGROUND_JOBS_ICON')%f"
 
-  [[ -n "$symbols" ]] && $1_prompt_segment "$0" "$bg" "$DEFAULT_COLOR" "$symbols"
+  [[ -n "$symbols" ]] && $1_prompt_segment "$0" "$bg" "white" "$symbols"
 }
 
 # Node version