diff --git a/src/client/shell/tests/input_conformance.rs b/src/client/shell/tests/input_conformance.rs
index b8fd82986..6ecbff26a 100644
--- a/src/client/shell/tests/input_conformance.rs
+++ b/src/client/shell/tests/input_conformance.rs
@@ -252,6 +252,19 @@ fn legacy_shell_exception(pane_mode: &[u8], key: &str, mods: u16) -> Option<Vec<
         ("m", ghostty::MOD_CTRL) => b"\r",
         ("i", ghostty::MOD_CTRL) | ("tab", ghostty::MOD_CTRL) => b"\t",
         ("[", ghostty::MOD_CTRL) => b"\x1b",
+        // Real terminals (lab: Alacritty, WezTerm) send the control byte.
+        (letter, m)
+            if m == ghostty::MOD_CTRL | ghostty::MOD_SHIFT
+                && letter.len() == 1
+                && letter.as_bytes()[0].is_ascii_lowercase() =>
+        {
+            let control = [letter.as_bytes()[0] & 0x1f];
+            return Some(if alt {
+                [b"\x1b".as_slice(), &control].concat()
+            } else {
+                control.to_vec()
+            });
+        }
         _ => return None,
     };
     Some(if alt {
diff --git a/src/pane/input.rs b/src/pane/input.rs
index a333c41a0..13cc67701 100644
--- a/src/pane/input.rs
+++ b/src/pane/input.rs
@@ -118,6 +118,24 @@ pub(super) fn legacy_shell_key(key: crate::input::TerminalKey) -> crate::input::
             KeyCode::Tab
         }
         (KeyCode::Char('['), KeyModifiers::CONTROL) => KeyCode::Esc,
+        // Ghostty reports Ctrl+Shift+letter as CSI u; every terminal sends the
+        // plain control byte, which is all a shell can read.
+        // WezTerm names it Ctrl plus an uppercase letter, without Shift.
+        (KeyCode::Char(c), chord)
+            if chord - KeyModifiers::SHIFT == KeyModifiers::CONTROL
+                && c.is_ascii_alphabetic()
+                && (chord.contains(KeyModifiers::SHIFT) || c.is_ascii_uppercase()) =>
+        {
+            // Ctrl+I and Ctrl+M then follow the rows above (Tab, Enter).
+            return legacy_shell_key(
+                crate::input::TerminalKey::new(
+                    KeyCode::Char(c.to_ascii_lowercase()),
+                    KeyModifiers::CONTROL | alt,
+                )
+                .with_kind(key.kind)
+                .with_repeat_count(key.repeat_count),
+            );
+        }
         _ => return key,
     };
     crate::input::TerminalKey::new(classic, alt)
diff --git a/src/pane/terminal.rs b/src/pane/terminal.rs
index 451a660cb..aedfd568b 100644
--- a/src/pane/terminal.rs
+++ b/src/pane/terminal.rs
@@ -5001,6 +5001,29 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn ctrl_shift_letters_reach_plain_shells_as_control_bytes() {
+        // Lab capture: Alacritty and WezTerm (with or without Kitty keyboard)
+        // send 0x01 for Ctrl+Shift+A; Ghostty's CSI u prints as garbage in a shell.
+        for (host_bytes, plain, kitty) in [
+            ("\x1b[97;6u", &b"\x01"[..], &b"\x1b[97;6u"[..]),
+            ("\x1b[65;5u", b"\x01", b"\x1b[97;6u"),
+            ("\x1b[97;8u", b"\x1b\x01", b"\x1b[97;8u"),
+        ] {
+            let key = crate::input::parse_terminal_key_sequence(host_bytes).expect("kitty key");
+            assert_eq!(
+                test_encode_key_for_app(b"", key.clone()),
+                plain,
+                "{host_bytes:?} in a plain shell"
+            );
+            assert_eq!(
+                test_encode_key_for_app(b"\x1b[>1u", key),
+                kitty,
+                "{host_bytes:?} in a Kitty pane"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn legacy_alt_prefixes_the_produced_non_ascii_text() {
         // A legacy host's Alt+Shift+\u{f6}. libghostty on macOS would prefix the