diff --git a/tty-features.c b/tty-features.c
index 396a351e..e387f823 100644
--- a/tty-features.c
+++ b/tty-features.c
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ static const struct tty_feature tty_feature_clipboard = {
 
 /* Terminal supports OSC 8 hyperlinks. */
 static const char *tty_feature_hyperlinks_capabilities[] = {
+#if defined (__OpenBSD__) || (defined(NCURSES_VERSION_MAJOR) && \
+	(NCURSES_VERSION_MAJOR > 5 || \
+	(NCURSES_VERSION_MAJOR == 5 && NCURSES_VERSION_MINOR > 8)))
 	"*:Hls=\\E]8;%?%p1%l%tid=%p1%s%;;%p2%s\\E\\\\",
+#endif
 	NULL
 };
 static const struct tty_feature tty_feature_hyperlinks = {