diff --git a/kitty/borders.py b/kitty/borders.py
index d1ec09afd..0e72f4a5f 100644
--- a/kitty/borders.py
+++ b/kitty/borders.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void main() {
     final_color = vec4(color, 1);
 }
         ''')
-        self.add_vertex_array('rect')
+        self.add_vertex_arrays(self.vertex_array('rect'))
 
     def send_data(self, data):
         self.send_vertex_data('rect', data)
diff --git a/kitty/gl.h b/kitty/gl.h
index 9a5e50496..80d9eda49 100644
--- a/kitty/gl.h
+++ b/kitty/gl.h
@@ -695,6 +695,15 @@ VertexAttribPointer(PyObject UNUSED *self, PyObject *args) {
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
+static PyObject* 
+VertexAttribDivisor(PyObject UNUSED *self, PyObject *args) {
+    unsigned int index, divisor;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "II", &index, &divisor)) return NULL;
+    glVertexAttribDivisor(index, divisor);
+    CHECK_ERROR;
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
 static PyObject* 
 Flush(PyObject UNUSED *self) {
     glFinish();
@@ -798,6 +807,7 @@ int add_module_gl_constants(PyObject *module) {
     METH(Disable, METH_O) \
     METH(EnableVertexAttribArray, METH_O) \
     METH(VertexAttribPointer, METH_VARARGS) \
+    METH(VertexAttribDivisor, METH_VARARGS) \
     METH(GetProgramInfoLog, METH_O) \
     METH(GetShaderInfoLog, METH_O) \
     METH(ActiveTexture, METH_O) \
diff --git a/kitty/shaders.py b/kitty/shaders.py
index 9a1c6e964..9e1984dfa 100644
--- a/kitty/shaders.py
+++ b/kitty/shaders.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
+from collections import namedtuple
 from ctypes import addressof, sizeof
 from functools import lru_cache
 from threading import Lock
@@ -24,8 +25,8 @@ from .fast_data_types import (
     glGetIntegerv, glGetProgramInfoLog, glGetProgramiv, glGetShaderInfoLog,
     glGetShaderiv, glGetUniformLocation, glLinkProgram, glNamedBufferData,
     glPixelStorei, glShaderSource, glTexBuffer, glTexParameteri,
-    glTexStorage3D, glTexSubImage3D, glUseProgram, glVertexAttribPointer,
-    replace_or_create_buffer
+    glTexStorage3D, glTexSubImage3D, glUseProgram, glVertexAttribDivisor,
+    glVertexAttribPointer, replace_or_create_buffer
 )
 from .fonts.render import render_cell
 from .utils import safe_print
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ VERSION = GL_VERSION[0] * 100 + GL_VERSION[1] * 10
 ITALIC_MASK = 1 << ITALIC
 BOLD_MASK = 1 << BOLD
 BASE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+VertexArray = namedtuple('VertexArray', 'name size dtype normalized stride offset divisor')
 
 
 @lru_cache()
@@ -267,13 +269,19 @@ class ShaderProgram:
         self.vao_id = glGenVertexArrays(1)
         self.buffers = {}
 
-    def add_vertex_array(self, name, size=3, dtype=GL_FLOAT, normalized=False, stride=0, offset=0):
+    def vertex_array(self, name, size=3, dtype=GL_FLOAT, normalized=False, stride=0, offset=0, divisor=0):
+        return VertexArray(name, size, dtype, normalized, stride, offset, divisor)
+
+    def add_vertex_arrays(self, *arrays):
         glBindVertexArray(self.vao_id)
-        self.buffers[name] = buf_id = buffer_manager.create(for_use=GL_ARRAY_BUFFER)
-        buffer_manager.bind(buf_id)
-        aid = self.attribute_location(name)
-        glEnableVertexAttribArray(aid)
-        glVertexAttribPointer(aid, size, dtype, normalized, stride, offset)
+        for x in arrays:
+            self.buffers[x.name] = buf_id = buffer_manager.create(for_use=GL_ARRAY_BUFFER)
+            buffer_manager.bind(buf_id)
+            aid = self.attribute_location(x.name)
+            glEnableVertexAttribArray(aid)
+            glVertexAttribPointer(aid, x.size, x.dtype, x.normalized, x.stride, x.offset)
+            if x.divisor > 0:
+                glVertexAttribDivisor(aid, x.divisor)
         buffer_manager.unbind(buf_id)
         glBindVertexArray(0)