diff --git a/glfw/wl_window.c b/glfw/wl_window.c
index d75eba810..8aaa94499 100644
--- a/glfw/wl_window.c
+++ b/glfw/wl_window.c
@@ -1057,7 +1057,8 @@ void _glfwPlatformRequestWindowAttention(_GLFWwindow* window)
 int _glfwPlatformWindowBell(_GLFWwindow* window)
 {
     // TODO: Use an actual Wayland API to implement this when one becomes available
-    int fd = open("/dev/tty", O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+    static char tty[L_ctermid + 1];
+    int fd = open(ctermid(tty), O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
     if (fd > -1) {
         int ret = write(fd, "\x07", 1) == 1 ? GLFW_TRUE : GLFW_FALSE;
         close(fd);
diff --git a/kittens/clipboard/main.py b/kittens/clipboard/main.py
index 9dd892005..76f26ea13 100644
--- a/kittens/clipboard/main.py
+++ b/kittens/clipboard/main.py
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 # vim:fileencoding=utf-8
 # License: GPL v3 Copyright: 2018, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
 
+import os
 import sys
+
 from kitty.cli import parse_args
 
 from ..tui.handler import Handler
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ def main(args):
     data = None
     if not sys.stdin.isatty():
         data = sys.stdin.buffer.read()
-        sys.stdin = open('/dev/tty', 'r')
+        sys.stdin = open(os.ctermid(), 'r')
     loop = Loop()
     handler = Clipboard(data, args)
     loop.loop(handler)
diff --git a/kittens/hints/main.py b/kittens/hints/main.py
index 947eca4fd..7c60cecbd 100644
--- a/kittens/hints/main.py
+++ b/kittens/hints/main.py
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ def main(args):
             return
     else:
         text = sys.stdin.buffer.read().decode('utf-8')
-        sys.stdin = open('/dev/tty')
+        sys.stdin = open(os.ctermid())
     try:
         args, items = parse_hints_args(args[1:])
     except SystemExit as e:
diff --git a/kittens/icat/main.py b/kittens/icat/main.py
index 66ef41423..2a082c03a 100755
--- a/kittens/icat/main.py
+++ b/kittens/icat/main.py
@@ -260,13 +260,13 @@ def main(args=sys.argv):
 
     if args.print_window_size:
         screen_size_function.ans = None
-        with open('/dev/tty') as tty:
+        with open(os.ctermid()) as tty:
             ss = screen_size_function(tty)()
         print('{}x{}'.format(ss.width, ss.height), end='')
         raise SystemExit(0)
 
     if not sys.stdout.isatty():
-        sys.stdout = open('/dev/tty', 'w')
+        sys.stdout = open(os.ctermid(), 'w')
     screen_size = screen_size_function()
     signal.signal(signal.SIGWINCH, lambda signum, frame: setattr(screen_size, 'changed', True))
     if screen_size().width == 0:
diff --git a/kittens/show_error/main.py b/kittens/show_error/main.py
index 200c883c9..7a75dd6ae 100644
--- a/kittens/show_error/main.py
+++ b/kittens/show_error/main.py
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 # vim:fileencoding=utf-8
 # License: GPL v3 Copyright: 2018, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
 
+import os
 import sys
 
 from kitty.cli import parse_args
-from ..tui.operations import styled
 
+from ..tui.operations import styled
 
 OPTIONS = '''\
 --title
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ The title for the error message.
 
 def real_main(args):
     error_message = sys.stdin.buffer.read().decode('utf-8')
-    sys.stdin = open('/dev/tty')
+    sys.stdin = open(os.ctermid())
     msg = 'Show an error message'
     args, items = parse_args(args, OPTIONS, '', msg, 'hints')
     print(styled(args.title, fg_intense=True, fg='red', bold=True))
diff --git a/kitty/data-types.c b/kitty/data-types.c
index 2b4c96d09..92bad6761 100644
--- a/kitty/data-types.c
+++ b/kitty/data-types.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #ifdef WITH_PROFILER
 #include <gperftools/profiler.h>
 #endif
@@ -123,7 +124,8 @@ open_tty(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args) {
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|p", &read_with_timeout)) return NULL;
     int flags = O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC | O_NOCTTY;
     if (!read_with_timeout) flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
-    int fd = open("/dev/tty", flags);
+    static char ctty[L_ctermid+1];
+    int fd = open(ctermid(ctty), flags);
     struct termios *termios_p = calloc(1, sizeof(struct termios));
     if (!termios_p) return PyErr_NoMemory();
     if (tcgetattr(fd, termios_p) != 0) { free(termios_p); PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError); return NULL; }