diff --git a/src/lib/termdesc.c b/src/lib/termdesc.c
index d98ca8f59..3eaad72c9 100644
--- a/src/lib/termdesc.c
+++ b/src/lib/termdesc.c
@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ apply_kitty_heuristics(tinfo* ti, size_t* tablelen, size_t* tableused){
   if(add_smulx_escapes(ti, tablelen, tableused)){
     return NULL;
   }
+  // FIXME we have problems using SELFREF; fix them!
   /*if(compare_versions(ti->termversion, "0.22.1") >= 0){
     setup_kitty_bitmaps(ti, ti->ttyfd, NCPIXEL_KITTY_SELFREF);
   }else*/ if(compare_versions(ti->termversion, "0.20.0") >= 0){
@@ -925,6 +926,13 @@ apply_konsole_heuristics(tinfo* ti){
   return "Konsole";
 }
 
+static const char*
+apply_ghostty_heuristics(tinfo* ti){
+  ti->caps.quadrants = true;
+  ti->caps.sextants = true;
+  return "ghostty";
+}
+
 static const char*
 apply_linux_heuristics(tinfo* ti, unsigned nonewfonts){
   const char* tname = NULL;
@@ -975,6 +983,7 @@ apply_term_heuristics(tinfo* ti, const char* tname, queried_terminals_e qterm,
     // setupterm interprets a missing/empty TERM variable as the special value “unknown”.
     tname = ti->termname ? ti->termname : "unknown";
   }
+  loginfo("tname is %s (qterm %d)", tname, qterm);
   // st had neither caps.sextants nor caps.quadrants last i checked (0.8.4)
   ti->caps.braille = true; // most everyone has working caps.braille, even from fonts
   ti->caps.halfblocks = true; // most everyone has working halfblocks
@@ -1039,7 +1048,11 @@ apply_term_heuristics(tinfo* ti, const char* tname, queried_terminals_e qterm,
     case TERMINAL_KONSOLE:
       newname = apply_konsole_heuristics(ti);
       break;
+    case TERMINAL_GHOSTTY:
+      newname = apply_ghostty_heuristics(ti);
+      break;
     default:
+      logwarn("no match for qterm %d tname %s", qterm, tname);
       newname = tname;
       break;
   }