diff --git a/src/libutil-tests/terminal.cc b/src/libutil-tests/terminal.cc
index cdeb9fd94..714d5a237 100644
--- a/src/libutil-tests/terminal.cc
+++ b/src/libutil-tests/terminal.cc
@@ -57,4 +57,9 @@ TEST(filterANSIEscapes, utf8)
     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");
+}
+
 } // namespace nix
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++;
             }