diff --git a/src/config/Config.zig b/src/config/Config.zig
index 16b465168..2891e24e9 100644
--- a/src/config/Config.zig
+++ b/src/config/Config.zig
@@ -411,6 +411,9 @@ keybind: Keybinds = .{},
 /// Debug builds of Ghostty have a separate single-instance ID.
 @"gtk-single-instance": bool = true,
 
+/// This will be used to set the TERM environment variable
+term: []const u8 = "ghostty",
+
 /// This is set by the CLI parser for deinit.
 _arena: ?ArenaAllocator = null,
 
@@ -899,6 +902,11 @@ pub fn finalize(self: *Config) !void {
         }
     }
 
+    // Prevent setting TERM to an empty string
+    if (self.term.len == 0) {
+        self.term = "ghostty";
+    }
+
     // The default for the working directory depends on the system.
     const wd = self.@"working-directory" orelse switch (builtin.os.tag) {
         .macos => if (c.getppid() == 1) "home" else "inherit",
diff --git a/src/terminfo/ghostty.zig b/src/terminfo/ghostty.zig
index 42dd2fea7..5c78a6eb1 100644
--- a/src/terminfo/ghostty.zig
+++ b/src/terminfo/ghostty.zig
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ pub const ghostty: Source = .{
         // Colored underlines
         .{ .name = "Setulc", .value = .{ .string = "\\E[58:2::%p1%{65536}%/%d:%p1%{256}%/%{255}%&%d:%p1%{255}%&%d%;m" } },
 
+        // Cursor styles
+        .{ .name = "Ss", .value = .{ .string = "\\E[%p1%d q" } },
+
+        // Cursor style reset
+        .{ .name = "Se", .value = .{ .string = "\\E[2 q" } },
+
         // These are all capabilities that should be pretty straightforward
         // and map to input sequences.
         .{ .name = "bel", .value = .{ .string = "^G" } },
diff --git a/src/termio/Exec.zig b/src/termio/Exec.zig
index 974c1de1b..654dfae0b 100644
--- a/src/termio/Exec.zig
+++ b/src/termio/Exec.zig
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ pub const DerivedConfig = struct {
     foreground: configpkg.Config.Color,
     background: configpkg.Config.Color,
     osc_color_report_format: configpkg.Config.OSCColorReportFormat,
+    term: []const u8,
 
     pub fn init(
         alloc_gpa: Allocator,
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ pub const DerivedConfig = struct {
             .foreground = config.foreground,
             .background = config.background,
             .osc_color_report_format = config.@"osc-color-report-format",
+            .term = config.term,
         };
     }
 
@@ -663,7 +665,7 @@ const Subprocess = struct {
         if (opts.resources_dir) |base| {
             var buf: [std.fs.MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
             const dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&buf, "{s}/terminfo", .{base});
-            try env.put("TERM", "xterm-ghostty");
+            try env.put("TERM", opts.config.term);
             try env.put("COLORTERM", "truecolor");
             try env.put("TERMINFO", dir);
         } else {