diff --git a/kitty/screen.c b/kitty/screen.c
index c3db48f5a..0c042e29b 100644
--- a/kitty/screen.c
+++ b/kitty/screen.c
@@ -3009,6 +3009,11 @@ set_title(Screen *self, PyObject *title) {
     CALLBACK("title_changed", "O", title);
 }
 
+void
+osc_context(Screen *self, PyObject *ctx) {
+    CALLBACK("osc_context", "O", ctx);
+}
+
 void
 desktop_notify(Screen *self, unsigned int osc_code, PyObject *data) {
     CALLBACK("desktop_notify", "IO", osc_code, data);
diff --git a/kitty/screen.h b/kitty/screen.h
index 07dd46ec5..a81c537fe 100644
--- a/kitty/screen.h
+++ b/kitty/screen.h
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ void screen_pop_colors(Screen *, unsigned int);
 void screen_report_color_stack(Screen *);
 void screen_handle_kitty_dcs(Screen *, const char *callback_name, PyObject *cmd);
 void set_title(Screen *self, PyObject*);
+void osc_context(Screen *self, PyObject *ctx);
 void desktop_notify(Screen *self, unsigned int, PyObject*);
 void set_icon(Screen *self, PyObject*);
 void set_dynamic_color(Screen *self, unsigned int code, PyObject*);
diff --git a/kitty/vt-parser.c b/kitty/vt-parser.c
index 8c56eef40..8c5f9cbe6 100644
--- a/kitty/vt-parser.c
+++ b/kitty/vt-parser.c
@@ -602,7 +602,10 @@ dispatch_osc(PS *self, uint8_t *buf, size_t limit, bool is_extended_osc) {
         case 666: REPORT_ERROR("Ignoring OSC 666, typically used by VTE terminals for shell integration"); break;
         case 697: REPORT_ERROR("Ignoring OSC 697, typically used by Fig for shell integration"); break;
         case 701: REPORT_ERROR("Ignoring OSC 701, used by mintty for locale"); break;
-        case 3008: REPORT_ERROR("Ignoring OSC 3008, used by systemd for OSC-context"); break;
+        case 3008:
+            START_DISPATCH
+            DISPATCH_OSC(set_title);
+            END_DISPATCH
         case 7704: REPORT_ERROR("Ignoring OSC 7704, used by mintty for ANSI colors"); break;
         case 7750: REPORT_ERROR("Ignoring OSC 7750, used by mintty for Emoji style"); break;
         case 7770: REPORT_ERROR("Ignoring OSC 7770, used by mintty for font size"); break;
diff --git a/kitty/window.py b/kitty/window.py
index 297ddd59c..63affb6ed 100644
--- a/kitty/window.py
+++ b/kitty/window.py
@@ -1286,6 +1286,9 @@ class Window:
         if self.override_title is None:
             self.title_updated()
 
+    def osc_context(self, ctx_data: memoryview) -> None:
+        pass  # this is systemd's useless OSC 3008 context protocol
+
     def icon_changed(self, new_icon: memoryview) -> None:
         pass  # TODO: Implement this