diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 86cd7f574..1539602cd 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - broadcast kitten: Allow pressing a key to stop echoing of input into the broadcast window itself (:disc:`5868`)
 
+- When reporting unused activity in a window, ignore activity that occurs soon after a window resize (:iss:`5881`)
+
 
 0.26.5 [2022-11-07]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/kitty/screen.c b/kitty/screen.c
index 97d140faf..922b8df64 100644
--- a/kitty/screen.c
+++ b/kitty/screen.c
@@ -658,9 +658,13 @@ draw_combining_char(Screen *self, char_type ch) {
 static void
 draw_codepoint(Screen *self, char_type och, bool from_input_stream) {
     if (is_ignored_char(och)) return;
-    if (!self->has_activity_since_last_focus && !self->has_focus) {
-        self->has_activity_since_last_focus = true;
-        CALLBACK("on_activity_since_last_focus", NULL);
+    if (!self->has_activity_since_last_focus && !self->has_focus && self->callbacks != Py_None) {
+        PyObject *ret = PyObject_CallMethod(self->callbacks, "on_activity_since_last_focus", NULL);
+        if (ret == NULL) PyErr_Print();
+        else {
+            if (ret == Py_True) self->has_activity_since_last_focus = true;
+            Py_DECREF(ret);
+        }
     }
     uint32_t ch = och < 256 ? self->g_charset[och] : och;
     if (UNLIKELY(is_combining_char(ch))) {
diff --git a/kitty/window.py b/kitty/window.py
index 911691476..b2f3ab29c 100644
--- a/kitty/window.py
+++ b/kitty/window.py
@@ -555,6 +555,7 @@ class Window:
         else:
             self.watchers = global_watchers().copy()
         self.last_focused_at = 0.
+        self.last_resized_at = 0.
         self.started_at = monotonic()
         self.current_remote_data: List[str] = []
         self.current_mouse_event_button = 0
@@ -831,6 +832,7 @@ class Window:
         update_ime_position = False
         if current_pty_size != self.last_reported_pty_size:
             get_boss().child_monitor.resize_pty(self.id, *current_pty_size)
+            self.last_resized_at = monotonic()
             if not self.pty_resized_once:
                 self.pty_resized_once = True
                 self.child.mark_terminal_ready()
@@ -1023,9 +1025,12 @@ class Window:
     def has_activity_since_last_focus(self) -> bool:
         return self.screen.has_activity_since_last_focus()
 
-    def on_activity_since_last_focus(self) -> None:
-        if get_options().tab_activity_symbol:
+    def on_activity_since_last_focus(self) -> bool:
+        if get_options().tab_activity_symbol and (monotonic() - self.last_resized_at) > 0.5:
+            # Ignore activity soon after a resize as the child program is probably redrawing the screen
             get_boss().on_activity_since_last_focus(self)
+            return True
+        return False
 
     def on_bell(self) -> None:
         cb = get_options().command_on_bell