diff --git a/themes/powerline-naked/powerline-naked.base.bash b/themes/powerline-naked/powerline-naked.base.bash
index 1939dfca..f6b11f42 100644
--- a/themes/powerline-naked/powerline-naked.base.bash
+++ b/themes/powerline-naked/powerline-naked.base.bash
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ function __powerline_left_segment {
   local OLD_IFS="${IFS}"; IFS="|"
   local params=( $1 )
   IFS="${OLD_IFS}"
-  local separator_char=""
+  local separator_char="${POWERLINE_LEFT_SEPARATOR}"
   local separator=""
 
   if [[ "${SEGMENTS_AT_LEFT}" -gt 0 ]]; then