diff --git a/src/libutil/terminal.cc b/src/libutil/terminal.cc
index 5d5ff7dcb..db7a6fcd1 100644
--- a/src/libutil/terminal.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/terminal.cc
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ std::string filterANSIEscapes(std::string_view s, bool filterAll, unsigned int w
                 while (i != s.end() && *i >= 0x20 && *i <= 0x2f) e += *i++;
                 // eat final byte
                 if (i != s.end() && *i >= 0x40 && *i <= 0x7e) e += last = *i++;
+            } else if (i != s.end() && *i == ']') {
+                // OSC
+                e += *i++;
+                // eat ESC
+                while (i != s.end() && *i != '\e') e += *i++;
+                // eat backslash
+                if (i != s.end() && *i == '\\') e += last = *i++;
             } else {
                 if (i != s.end() && *i >= 0x40 && *i <= 0x5f) e += *i++;
             }
diff --git a/tests/unit/libutil/tests.cc b/tests/unit/libutil/tests.cc
index 2b73d323b..5e3415edf 100644
--- a/tests/unit/libutil/tests.cc
+++ b/tests/unit/libutil/tests.cc
@@ -700,4 +700,9 @@ namespace nix {
         ASSERT_EQ(filterANSIEscapes("f𐍈𐍈bär", true, 4), "f𐍈𐍈b");
     }
 
+    TEST(filterANSIEscapes, osc8)
+    {
+        ASSERT_EQ(filterANSIEscapes("\e]8;;http://example.com\e\\This is a link\e]8;;\e\\"), "This is a link");
+    }
+
 }