diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7f9a8b90..d98c6f9d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ byobu (5.3) unreleased; urgency=low
   [ Dustin Kirkland ]
   * usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux:
     - add some whitespace
+  * usr/bin/byobu, usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux: LP: #908766
+    - TERM must be 'screen', to work with: a) 256 colors, and
+      b) vim/mutt with bce;  tmux does not support bce properly
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:28:08 -0600
 
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu b/usr/bin/byobu
index da977d1a..82568ea8 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ case $BYOBU_BACKEND in
 		# Check if our terminfo supports 256 colors
 		if command -v tput >/dev/null; then
 			if [ "$(tput colors 2>/dev/null || echo 0)" = "256" ]; then
-				SCREEN_TERM="-T screen-bce"
+				SCREEN_TERM="-T screen"
 			fi
 		fi
 		# Some users want to maintain separate configurations
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux
index d13919d3..c7bf4ff5 100644
--- a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux
@@ -65,10 +65,13 @@ set-window-option -g aggressive-resize on
 set-window-option -g monitor-activity on
 #set-window-option -g xterm-keys on
 
+# Cannot use:
+#  - screen-bce, screen-256color-bce: tmux does not support bce
+#  - screen-256color: vim broken without -bce
+set -g default-terminal "screen"
+set -g terminal-overrides 'xterm*:smcup@:rmcup@'
 # Must set default-command to $SHELL, in order to not source ~/.profile
 # BUG: Should *not* hardcode /bin/bash here
-set -g default-terminal "screen-bce"
-set -g terminal-overrides 'xterm*:smcup@:rmcup@'
 set -g default-command $SHELL
 set -g status-bg $BYOBU_DARK
 set -g status-fg $BYOBU_LIGHT