diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs
index 76cc9c336..c1fb52194 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ drawAccountsScreen AppState{aopts=UIOpts{cliopts_=CliOpts{reportopts_=ropts}}
   [ui]
     where
       toplabel = files
+              <+> nonzero
               <+> str " accounts"
               <+> borderQueryStr querystr
               <+> togglefilters
@@ -129,6 +130,8 @@ drawAccountsScreen AppState{aopts=UIOpts{cliopts_=CliOpts{reportopts_=ropts}}
             ] of
           [] -> str ""
           fs -> str " with " <+> withAttr (borderAttr <> "query") (str $ intercalate ", " fs) <+> str " txns"
+      nonzero | empty_ ropts = str ""
+              | otherwise    = withAttr (borderAttr <> "query") (str " nonzero")
       cur = str (case l^.listSelectedL of
                   Nothing -> "-"
                   Just i -> show (i + 1))
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ drawAccountsScreen AppState{aopts=UIOpts{cliopts_=CliOpts{reportopts_=ropts}}
          -- ("up/down/pgup/pgdown/home/end", "move")
          ("-=1234567890", "depth")
         ,("F", "flat?")
-        ,("E", "empty?")
+        ,("E", "nonzero?")
         ,("C", "cleared?")
         ,("R", "real?")
         ,("right/enter", "register")
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
index aaa73de3e..dec964b38 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ runBrickUi uopts@UIOpts{cliopts_=copts@CliOpts{reportopts_=ropts}} j = do
             depth_=depthfromoptsandargs,
             -- remove depth: args from query_
             query_=unwords $ -- as in ReportOptions, with same limitations
-                   [v | (k,v) <- rawopts_ copts, k=="args", not $ "depth" `isPrefixOf` v]
+                   [v | (k,v) <- rawopts_ copts, k=="args", not $ "depth" `isPrefixOf` v],
+            -- show items with zero amount by default, unlike the CLI
+            empty_=True
             }
          }
       }
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs
index 0e760ea48..4dcea85b1 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ drawRegisterScreen AppState{aopts=UIOpts{cliopts_=CliOpts{reportopts_=ropts}}
       case concat [
            if cleared_ ropts then ["cleared"] else []
           ,if real_ ropts then ["real"] else []
+          ,if empty_ ropts then [] else ["nonzero"]
           ] of
         [] -> str ""
         fs -> withAttr (borderAttr <> "query") (str $ " " ++ intercalate ", " fs)