diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e763f6dd..8c7e0c00 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 * `OSC 12 ?` to return the cursor color, not the cursor's text color.
 * `OSC 12;#000000` to configure the cursor to use inverted
   foreground/background colors.
+* Call `ioctl(TIOCSCTTY)` on the pts fd in the slave process.
 
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/slave.c b/slave.c
index edd8e2cb..57bedc75 100644
--- a/slave.c
+++ b/slave.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
 #define LOG_MODULE "slave"
@@ -93,6 +94,12 @@ slave_exec(int ptmx, char *argv[], int err_fd, bool login_shell)
         goto err;
     }
 
+    if (ioctl(pts, TIOCSCTTY, 0) < 0) {
+        LOG_ERRNO("failed to configure controlling terminal");
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+
     if (dup2(pts, STDIN_FILENO) == -1 ||
         dup2(pts, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1 ||
         dup2(pts, STDERR_FILENO) == -1)