diff --git a/screen-redraw.c b/screen-redraw.c
index 8e74fe97..30344fe5 100644
--- a/screen-redraw.c
+++ b/screen-redraw.c
@@ -434,6 +434,9 @@ screen_redraw_screen(struct client *c)
 		return;
 
 	flags = screen_redraw_update(c, c->flags);
+	if ((flags & CLIENT_ALLREDRAWFLAGS) == 0)
+		return;
+
 	screen_redraw_set_context(c, &ctx);
 	tty_sync_start(&c->tty);
 
diff --git a/tty-features.c b/tty-features.c
index 93b90d45..531cf97c 100644
--- a/tty-features.c
+++ b/tty-features.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ tty_default_features(int *feat, const char *name, u_int version)
 		  .features = TTY_FEATURES_BASE_MODERN_XTERM ",ccolour,cstyle,focus,overline,usstyle"
 		},
 		{ .name = "rxvt-unicode",
-		  .features = "256,title"
+		  .features = "256,ccolour,cstyle,title"
 		},
 		{ .name = "iTerm2",
 		  .features = TTY_FEATURES_BASE_MODERN_XTERM ",cstyle,margins,sync"