diff --git a/glfw/cocoa_window.m b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
index ec774e474..bb3f24f32 100644
--- a/glfw/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/glfw/cocoa_window.m
@@ -1477,9 +1477,11 @@ void _glfwPlatformUpdateIMEState(_GLFWwindow *w, const GLFWIMEUpdateEvent *ev) {
     snprintf(s, sizeof(_glfw.ns.text) - (s - _glfw.ns.text), "%s", utf8);
     _glfw.ns.text[sizeof(_glfw.ns.text) - 1] = 0;
     if ((!in_key_handler || in_key_handler == 2) && _glfw.ns.text[0]) {
-        debug_key("Sending text to kitty from insertText called from called from event loop or flagsChanged: %s\n", _glfw.ns.text);
-        GLFWkeyevent glfw_keyevent = {.text=_glfw.ns.text, .ime_state=GLFW_IME_COMMIT_TEXT};
-        _glfwInputKeyboard(window, &glfw_keyevent);
+        if (!is_ascii_control_char(_glfw.ns.text[0])) {
+            debug_key("Sending text to kitty from insertText called from called from event loop or flagsChanged: %s\n", _glfw.ns.text);
+            GLFWkeyevent glfw_keyevent = {.text=_glfw.ns.text, .ime_state=GLFW_IME_COMMIT_TEXT};
+            _glfwInputKeyboard(window, &glfw_keyevent);
+        }
         _glfw.ns.text[0] = 0;
     }
 }