diff --git a/home/progs/ghostty.nix b/home/progs/ghostty.nix
index 6eba371..e80984a 100644
--- a/home/progs/ghostty.nix
+++ b/home/progs/ghostty.nix
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@
       window-inherit-working-directory = false;
       working-directory = "home";
 
+      # ssh into hosts that lack ghostty's terminfo: ssh-terminfo auto-installs
+      # it remotely on first connect (and caches), ssh-env is the fallback that
+      # downgrades TERM to xterm-256color when the install can't run.
+      shell-integration-features = "ssh-env,ssh-terminfo";
+
       # keep one daemon alive so subsequent launches (e.g. niri Mod+T) are
       # instant instead of paying GTK + wgpu init each time. relies on the
       # dbus-activated systemd user service that the HM module wires up.