diff --git a/docs/example-widget-resizable.html b/docs/example-widget-resizable.html
index f08faf3b..21cbae9b 100644
--- a/docs/example-widget-resizable.html
+++ b/docs/example-widget-resizable.html
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@
 	min-width: 10px;
 }</style>
 
+<style>
+/* test resizable handle positioning
+.tablesorter-resizable-handle {
+	background: rgba(255, 0, 0, .4)
+}
+*/
+</style>
+
 <script id="js">$(function() {
 
 	$('.narrow-table').tablesorter({
diff --git a/js/widgets/widget-resizable.js b/js/widgets/widget-resizable.js
index 5bcb55eb..42e4ef8e 100644
--- a/js/widgets/widget-resizable.js
+++ b/js/widgets/widget-resizable.js
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@
 				tableHeight -= c.$table.children('tfoot').height();
 			}
 			// subtract out table left position from resizable handles. Fixes #864
-			startPosition = c.$table.position().left;
+			// jQuery v3.3.0+ appears to include the start position with the $header.position().left; see #1544
+			startPosition = parseFloat($.fn.jquery) >= 3.3 ? 0 : c.$table.position().left;
 			$handles.each( function() {
 				var $this = $(this),
 					column = parseInt( $this.attr( 'data-column' ), 10 ),