diff --git a/src/nvim/eval/funcs.c b/src/nvim/eval/funcs.c
index 3fc744d94b..1b30522386 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval/funcs.c
+++ b/src/nvim/eval/funcs.c
@@ -3595,8 +3595,8 @@ void f_jobstart(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv, EvalFuncData fptr)
     }
   }
 
-  uint16_t width = 0;
-  uint16_t height = 0;
+  uint16_t width = (uint16_t)tv_dict_get_number(job_opts, "width");
+  uint16_t height = (uint16_t)tv_dict_get_number(job_opts, "height");
   char *term_name = NULL;
 
   if (term) {
@@ -3616,13 +3616,11 @@ void f_jobstart(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv, EvalFuncData fptr)
     overlapped = false;
     detach = false;
     stdin_mode = kChannelStdinPipe;
-    width = (uint16_t)MAX(0, curwin->w_view_width - win_col_off(curwin));
-    height = (uint16_t)curwin->w_view_height;
+    width = width ? width : (uint16_t)MAX(0, curwin->w_view_width - win_col_off(curwin));
+    height = height ? height : (uint16_t)curwin->w_view_height;
   }
 
   if (pty) {
-    width = width ? width : (uint16_t)tv_dict_get_number(job_opts, "width");
-    height = height ? height : (uint16_t)tv_dict_get_number(job_opts, "height");
     // Deprecated TERM field is from before `env` option existed.
     term_name = term_name ? term_name : tv_dict_get_string(job_opts, "TERM", false);
     term_name = term_name ? term_name : "ansi";
diff --git a/test/functional/core/job_spec.lua b/test/functional/core/job_spec.lua
index 8caff81be4..81936f79bd 100644
--- a/test/functional/core/job_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/core/job_spec.lua
@@ -97,6 +97,28 @@ describe('jobs', function()
     command("call jobstart(['cat', '-'], { 'term': v:false })")
   end)
 
+  it('jobstart(term=true) accepts width/height (#33904)', function()
+    local buf = api.nvim_create_buf(false, true)
+    exec_lua(function()
+      vim.api.nvim_buf_call(buf, function()
+        vim.fn.jobstart({
+          vim.v.progpath,
+          '--clean',
+          '--headless',
+          '+lua print(vim.uv.new_tty(1, false):get_winsize())',
+        }, {
+          term = true,
+          width = 11,
+          height = 12,
+          env = { VIMRUNTIME = os.getenv('VIMRUNTIME') },
+        })
+      end)
+    end)
+    retry(nil, nil, function()
+      eq({ '11 12' }, api.nvim_buf_get_lines(buf, 0, 1, false))
+    end)
+  end)
+
   it('must specify env option as a dict', function()
     command('let g:job_opts.env = v:true')
     local _, err = pcall(function()