diff --git a/.config/zsh/functions/osc7-pwd.zsh b/.config/zsh/functions/osc7-pwd.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5a6df1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/zsh/functions/osc7-pwd.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+function osc7-pwd() {
+    emulate -L zsh # also sets localoptions for us
+    setopt extendedglob
+    local LC_ALL=C
+    printf '\e]7;file://%s%s\e\' $HOST ${PWD//(#m)([^@-Za-z&-;_~])/%${(l:2::0:)$(([##16]#MATCH))}}
+}
+
+function chpwd-osc7-pwd() {
+    (( ZSH_SUBSHELL )) || osc7-pwd
+}
+add-zsh-hook -Uz chpwd chpwd-osc7-pwd
+
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index d72870d..44a1928 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ zstyle ':prompt:grml:right:setup' use-rprompt false
 # https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/302710
 #set +o prompt_cr +o prompt_sp
 
+# Tell to the terminal about our current working directory
+# NB: turns out that alacritty snopps that info from /proc/PID/cwd
+xsource ~/.config/zsh/functions/osc7-pwd.zsh
+
 # enable OSC 133 shell prompt start/end reporting
 # so that the terminal can scroll jump between prompts
 xsource ~/.config/zsh/functions/semantic-prompt.zsh