diff --git a/kitty/screen.c b/kitty/screen.c
index 1291f30ec..006935690 100644
--- a/kitty/screen.c
+++ b/kitty/screen.c
@@ -932,6 +932,14 @@ reset_mode(Screen *self, PyObject *args) {
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
  
+static PyObject*
+_select_graphic_rendition(Screen *self, PyObject *args) {
+    unsigned int params[256] = {0};
+    for (int i = 0; i < PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args); i++) { params[i] = PyLong_AsUnsignedLong(PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, i)); }
+    select_graphic_rendition(self, params, PyList_GET_SIZE(args));
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
 static PyObject*
 set_mode(Screen *self, PyObject *args) {
     int private = false;
@@ -1139,6 +1147,7 @@ static PyMethodDef methods[] = {
     MND(mouse_move_tracking_enabled, METH_NOARGS)
     MND(mouse_in_sgr_mode, METH_NOARGS)
     {"update_cell_data", (PyCFunction)screen_update_cell_data, METH_VARARGS, ""},
+    {"select_graphic_rendition", (PyCFunction)_select_graphic_rendition, METH_VARARGS, ""},
 
     {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
 };
diff --git a/kitty_tests/screen.py b/kitty_tests/screen.py
index 8e56d00fa..9dc5a64d3 100644
--- a/kitty_tests/screen.py
+++ b/kitty_tests/screen.py
@@ -313,3 +313,17 @@ class TestScreen(BaseTest):
                 c = chr(ord('I') + l - 2)
                 self.ae(c + ' ' * (s.columns - 2) + c.lower(), str(s.line(l)))
             s.reset_mode(DECOM)
+
+    def test_sgr(self):
+        s = self.create_screen()
+        s.select_graphic_rendition(0, 1, 37, 42)
+        s.draw('a')
+        c = s.line(0).cursor_from(0)
+        self.assertTrue(c.bold)
+        self.ae(c.bg, (2 << 8) | 1)
+        s.cursor_position(2, 1)
+        s.select_graphic_rendition(0, 35)
+        s.draw('b')
+        c = s.line(1).cursor_from(0)
+        self.ae(c.fg, (5 << 8) | 1)
+        self.ae(c.bg, 0)