diff --git a/kitty/parser.c b/kitty/parser.c
index 97be57c9b..a5fa03544 100644
--- a/kitty/parser.c
+++ b/kitty/parser.c
@@ -1080,11 +1080,22 @@ dispatch_dcs(Screen *screen, PyObject DUMP_UNUSED *dump_callback) {
                     screen_handle_print(screen, msg);
                     Py_DECREF(msg);
                 } else PyErr_Clear();
+#undef PRINT_PREFIX
+#define ECHO_PREFIX "kitty-echo|"
+            } else if (startswith(screen->parser_buf + 1, screen->parser_buf_pos - 1, ECHO_PREFIX)) {
+                const size_t pp_size = sizeof(ECHO_PREFIX);
+                PyObject *msg = PyUnicode_FromKindAndData(PyUnicode_4BYTE_KIND, screen->parser_buf + pp_size, screen->parser_buf_pos - pp_size);
+                if (msg != NULL) {
+                    REPORT_OSC2(screen_handle_echo, (char)screen->parser_buf[0], msg);
+                    screen_handle_echo(screen, msg);
+                    Py_DECREF(msg);
+                } else PyErr_Clear();
+#undef ECHO_PREFIX
+
             } else {
                 REPORT_ERROR("Unrecognized DCS @ code: 0x%x", screen->parser_buf[1]);
             }
             break;
-#undef PRINT_PREFIX
         default:
             REPORT_ERROR("Unrecognized DCS code: 0x%x", screen->parser_buf[0]);
             break;
diff --git a/kitty/screen.c b/kitty/screen.c
index 85414fa9e..453608721 100644
--- a/kitty/screen.c
+++ b/kitty/screen.c
@@ -2104,6 +2104,13 @@ screen_handle_print(Screen *self, PyObject *msg) {
     CALLBACK("handle_remote_print", "O", msg);
 }
 
+void
+screen_handle_echo(Screen *self, PyObject *msg) {
+    Py_ssize_t sz;
+    const char *bytes = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(msg, &sz);
+    write_to_child(self, bytes, sz);
+}
+
 void
 screen_request_capabilities(Screen *self, char c, PyObject *q) {
     static char buf[128];
diff --git a/kitty/screen.h b/kitty/screen.h
index f557b71e2..baca3e7f8 100644
--- a/kitty/screen.h
+++ b/kitty/screen.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ void screen_push_colors(Screen *, unsigned int);
 void screen_pop_colors(Screen *, unsigned int);
 void screen_report_color_stack(Screen *);
 void screen_handle_print(Screen *, PyObject *cmd);
+void screen_handle_echo(Screen *, PyObject *cmd);
 void screen_designate_charset(Screen *, uint32_t which, uint32_t as);
 void screen_use_latin1(Screen *, bool);
 void set_title(Screen *self, PyObject*);