diff --git a/src/common/InputHandler.test.ts b/src/common/InputHandler.test.ts
index 8f9a988f14..0f17a3e69a 100644
--- a/src/common/InputHandler.test.ts
+++ b/src/common/InputHandler.test.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ import { Attributes, BgFlags, UnderlineStyle } from 'common/buffer/Constants';
 import { AttributeData, ExtendedAttrs } from 'common/buffer/AttributeData';
 import { Params } from 'common/parser/Params';
 import { MockCoreService, MockBufferService, MockOptionsService, MockLogService, MockCoreMouseService, MockCharsetService, MockUnicodeService, MockOscLinkService } from 'common/TestUtils.test';
-import { IBufferService, ICoreService } from 'common/services/Services';
+import { IBufferService, ICoreService, type IOscLinkService } from 'common/services/Services';
 import { DEFAULT_OPTIONS } from 'common/services/OptionsService';
 import { clone } from 'common/Clone';
 import { BufferService } from 'common/services/BufferService';
 import { CoreService } from 'common/services/CoreService';
+import { OscLinkService } from 'common/services/OscLinkService';
 
 
 function getCursor(bufferService: IBufferService): number[] {
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ describe('InputHandler', () => {
   let bufferService: IBufferService;
   let coreService: ICoreService;
   let optionsService: MockOptionsService;
+  let oscLinkService: IOscLinkService;
   let inputHandler: TestInputHandler;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
@@ -66,8 +68,9 @@ describe('InputHandler', () => {
     bufferService = new BufferService(optionsService);
     bufferService.resize(80, 30);
     coreService = new CoreService(bufferService, new MockLogService(), optionsService);
+    oscLinkService = new OscLinkService(bufferService);
 
-    inputHandler = new TestInputHandler(bufferService, new MockCharsetService(), coreService, new MockLogService(), optionsService, new MockOscLinkService(), new MockCoreMouseService(), new MockUnicodeService());
+    inputHandler = new TestInputHandler(bufferService, new MockCharsetService(), coreService, new MockLogService(), optionsService, oscLinkService, new MockCoreMouseService(), new MockUnicodeService());
   });
 
   describe('SL/SR/DECIC/DECDC', () => {
@@ -1982,6 +1985,32 @@ describe('InputHandler', () => {
       assert.deepEqual(stack, [[{ type: ColorRequestType.SET, index: 0, color: [170, 187, 204] }, { type: ColorRequestType.SET, index: 123, color: [0, 17, 34] }]]);
       stack.length = 0;
     });
+    it('8: hyperlink with id', async () => {
+      await inputHandler.parseP('\x1b]8;id=100;http://localhost:3000\x07');
+      assert.notStrictEqual(inputHandler.curAttrData.extended.urlId, 0);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(
+        oscLinkService.getLinkData(inputHandler.curAttrData.extended.urlId),
+        {
+          id: '100',
+          uri: 'http://localhost:3000'
+        }
+      );
+      await inputHandler.parseP('\x1b]8;;\x07');
+      assert.strictEqual(inputHandler.curAttrData.extended.urlId, 0);
+    });
+    it('8: hyperlink with semi-colon', async () => {
+      await inputHandler.parseP('\x1b]8;;http://localhost:3000;abc=def\x07');
+      assert.notStrictEqual(inputHandler.curAttrData.extended.urlId, 0);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(
+        oscLinkService.getLinkData(inputHandler.curAttrData.extended.urlId),
+        {
+          id: undefined,
+          uri: 'http://localhost:3000;abc=def'
+        }
+      );
+      await inputHandler.parseP('\x1b]8;;\x07');
+      assert.strictEqual(inputHandler.curAttrData.extended.urlId, 0);
+    });
     it('104: restore events', async () => {
       const stack: IColorEvent[] = [];
       inputHandler.onColor(ev => stack.push(ev));
diff --git a/src/common/InputHandler.ts b/src/common/InputHandler.ts
index 9b300993d3..6db8751ea6 100644
--- a/src/common/InputHandler.ts
+++ b/src/common/InputHandler.ts
@@ -2972,14 +2972,18 @@ export class InputHandler extends Disposable implements IInputHandler {
    * feedback. Use `OSC 8 ; ; BEL` to finish the current hyperlink.
    */
   public setHyperlink(data: string): boolean {
-    const args = data.split(';');
-    if (args.length < 2) {
-      return false;
+    // Arg parsing is special cases to support unencoded semi-colons in the URIs (#4944)
+    const idx = data.indexOf(';');
+    if (idx === -1) {
+      // malformed sequence, just return as handled
+      return true;
     }
-    if (args[1]) {
-      return this._createHyperlink(args[0], args[1]);
+    const id = data.slice(0, idx).trim();
+    const uri = data.slice(idx + 1);
+    if (uri) {
+      return this._createHyperlink(id, uri);
     }
-    if (args[0].trim()) {
+    if (id.trim()) {
       return false;
     }
     return this._finishHyperlink();