diff --git a/kitty/data-types.h b/kitty/data-types.h
index d3a3d055c..bb90483e1 100644
--- a/kitty/data-types.h
+++ b/kitty/data-types.h
@@ -199,9 +199,12 @@ typedef struct {
     bool rewrap_needed;
 } PagerHistoryBuf;
 
+typedef struct {int x;} *HYPERLINK_POOL_HANDLE;
 typedef struct {
     Py_UCS4 *buf;
     size_t len, capacity;
+    HYPERLINK_POOL_HANDLE hyperlink_pool;
+    hyperlink_id_type active_hyperlink_id;
 } ANSIBuf;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -254,7 +257,6 @@ typedef struct {
 typedef struct {int x;} *SPRITE_MAP_HANDLE;
 #define FONTS_DATA_HEAD SPRITE_MAP_HANDLE sprite_map; double logical_dpi_x, logical_dpi_y, font_sz_in_pts; unsigned int cell_width, cell_height;
 typedef struct {FONTS_DATA_HEAD} *FONTS_DATA_HANDLE;
-typedef struct {int x;} *HYPERLINK_POOL_HANDLE;
 
 #define PARSER_BUF_SZ (8 * 1024)
 #define READ_BUF_SZ (1024*1024)
diff --git a/kitty/line.c b/kitty/line.c
index 932f967f4..86858c98b 100644
--- a/kitty/line.c
+++ b/kitty/line.c
@@ -277,11 +277,36 @@ write_sgr(const char *val, ANSIBuf *output) {
 #undef W
 }
 
+static inline void
+write_hyperlink(hyperlink_id_type hid, ANSIBuf *output) {
+#define W(c) output->buf[output->len++] = c
+    const char *key = hid ? get_hyperlink_for_id(output->hyperlink_pool, hid, false) : NULL;
+    if (!key) hid = 0;
+    output->active_hyperlink_id = hid;
+    W(0x1b); W(']'); W('8');
+    if (!hid) {
+        W(';'); W(';');
+    } else {
+        const char* partition = strstr(key, ":");
+        W(';');
+        if (partition != key) {
+            W('i'); W('d'); W('=');
+            while (key != partition) W(*(key++));
+        }
+        W(';');
+        while(*(++partition))  W(*partition);
+    }
+    W(0x1b); W('\\');
+#undef W
+}
+
+
 void
 line_as_ansi(Line *self, ANSIBuf *output, const GPUCell** prev_cell) {
 #define ENSURE_SPACE(extra) ensure_space_for(output, buf, Py_UCS4, output->len + extra, capacity, 2048, false);
 #define WRITE_SGR(val) { ENSURE_SPACE(128); write_sgr(val, output); }
 #define WRITE_CH(val) { ENSURE_SPACE(1); output->buf[output->len++] = val; }
+#define WRITE_HYPERLINK(val) { ENSURE_SPACE(2256); write_hyperlink(val, output); }
     output->len = 0;
     index_type limit = xlimit_for_line(self);
     if (limit == 0) return;
@@ -297,6 +322,12 @@ line_as_ansi(Line *self, ANSIBuf *output, const GPUCell** prev_cell) {
             if (previous_width == 2) { previous_width = 0; continue; }
             ch = ' ';
         }
+        if (output->hyperlink_pool) {
+            hyperlink_id_type hid = self->cpu_cells[pos].hyperlink_id;
+            if (hid != output->active_hyperlink_id) {
+                WRITE_HYPERLINK(hid);
+            }
+        }
 
         cell = &self->gpu_cells[pos];
 
@@ -325,6 +356,7 @@ line_as_ansi(Line *self, ANSIBuf *output, const GPUCell** prev_cell) {
 #undef WRITE_SGR
 #undef WRITE_CH
 #undef ENSURE_SPACE
+#undef WRITE_HYPERLINK
 }
 
 static PyObject*
@@ -770,8 +802,9 @@ as_text_generic(PyObject *args, void *container, get_line_func get_line, index_t
     PyObject *nl = PyUnicode_FromString("\n");
     PyObject *cr = PyUnicode_FromString("\r");
     PyObject *sgr_reset = PyUnicode_FromString("\x1b[m");
+    if (nl == NULL || cr == NULL || sgr_reset == NULL) goto end;
     const GPUCell *prev_cell = NULL;
-    if (nl == NULL || cr == NULL) goto end;
+    ansibuf->active_hyperlink_id = 0;
     for (index_type y = 0; y < lines; y++) {
         Line *line = get_line(container, y);
         if (!line->continued && y > 0) {
@@ -805,6 +838,15 @@ as_text_generic(PyObject *args, void *container, get_line_func get_line, index_t
             Py_CLEAR(ret);
         }
     }
+    if (ansibuf->active_hyperlink_id) {
+        ansibuf->active_hyperlink_id = 0;
+        t = PyUnicode_FromString("\x1b]8;;\x1b\\");
+        if (t) {
+            ret = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(callback, t, NULL);
+            Py_CLEAR(t);
+            Py_CLEAR(ret);
+        }
+    }
 end:
     Py_CLEAR(nl); Py_CLEAR(cr); Py_CLEAR(sgr_reset);
     if (PyErr_Occurred()) return NULL;
diff --git a/kitty/screen.c b/kitty/screen.c
index a7fa9888f..df8728e5b 100644
--- a/kitty/screen.c
+++ b/kitty/screen.c
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject UNUSED *kwds) {
         if (!init_overlay_line(self, self->columns)) { Py_CLEAR(self); return NULL; }
         self->hyperlink_pool = alloc_hyperlink_pool();
         if (!self->hyperlink_pool) { Py_CLEAR(self); return PyErr_NoMemory(); }
+        self->as_ansi_buf.hyperlink_pool = self->hyperlink_pool;
     }
     return (PyObject*) self;
 }
diff --git a/kitty_tests/screen.py b/kitty_tests/screen.py
index bf022ae2c..cab7388c7 100644
--- a/kitty_tests/screen.py
+++ b/kitty_tests/screen.py
@@ -467,6 +467,18 @@ class TestScreen(BaseTest):
             s.draw(f'{i}' * s.columns)
         self.ae(as_text(s, True, True), '\x1b[m\x1b[31m11\x1b[m\x1b[32m22\x1b[m\x1b[33m33\x1b[m\x1b[34m44\x1b[m\x1b[m\x1b[35m55\x1b[m\x1b[36m66')
 
+        def set_link(url=None, id=None):
+            parse_bytes(s, '\x1b]8;id={};{}\x1b\\'.format(id or '', url or '').encode('utf-8'))
+
+        s = self.create_screen()
+        s.draw('a')
+        set_link('moo', 'foo')
+        s.draw('bcdef')
+        self.ae(as_text(s, True), '\x1b[ma\x1b]8;id=foo;moo\x1b\\bcde\x1b[mf\n\n\n\x1b]8;;\x1b\\')
+        set_link()
+        s.draw('gh')
+        self.ae(as_text(s, True), '\x1b[ma\x1b]8;id=foo;moo\x1b\\bcde\x1b[mf\x1b]8;;\x1b\\gh\n\n\n')
+
     def test_pagerhist(self):
         hsz = 8
         s = self.create_screen(cols=2, lines=2, scrollback=2, options={'scrollback_pager_history_size': hsz})