diff --git a/kitty/screen.c b/kitty/screen.c
index 784791fe7..202f3e9a0 100644
--- a/kitty/screen.c
+++ b/kitty/screen.c
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ screen_cursor_position(Screen *self, unsigned int line, unsigned int column) {
         line += self->margin_top;
         line = MAX(self->margin_top, MIN(line, self->margin_bottom));
     }
-    self->cursor->position_changed_by_client_at = monotonic();
+    self->cursor->position_changed_by_client_at = self->parsing_at;
     self->cursor->x = column; self->cursor->y = line;
     screen_ensure_bounds(self, false, in_margins);
 }
diff --git a/kitty/screen.h b/kitty/screen.h
index ff3db26b5..e93eba7b0 100644
--- a/kitty/screen.h
+++ b/kitty/screen.h
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ typedef struct {
     } paused_rendering;
     CharsetState charset;
     ListOfChars *lc;
+    monotonic_t parsing_at;
 } Screen;
 
 
diff --git a/kitty/vt-parser.c b/kitty/vt-parser.c
index 78bc86470..df789d1b0 100644
--- a/kitty/vt-parser.c
+++ b/kitty/vt-parser.c
@@ -1417,6 +1417,7 @@ static void
 run_worker(void *p, ParseData *pd, bool flush) {
     Screen *screen = (Screen*)p;
     PS *self = (PS*)screen->vt_parser->state;
+    screen->parsing_at = pd->now;
     with_lock {
         self->read.sz += self->write.pending; self->write.pending = 0;
         pd->has_pending_input = self->read.pos < self->read.sz;