diff --git a/modules/lang/ess/config.el b/modules/lang/ess/config.el
index b79db3af2..63121398a 100644
--- a/modules/lang/ess/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/ess/config.el
@@ -121,3 +121,15 @@
 
 (use-package! quarto-mode
   :mode (("\\.[qQ][mM][dD]" . poly-quarto-mode)))
+
+
+;; See emacs-ess/ESS#1193
+(use-package! xterm-color
+  :when (< emacs-major-version 29)
+  :defer t
+  :init
+  (add-hook! 'inferior-ess-mode-hook
+    (setq-local ansi-color-for-comint-mode nil)
+    (add-hook 'comint-preoutput-filter-functions #'xterm-color-filter nil t))
+  :config
+  (setq xterm-color-use-bold t))
diff --git a/modules/lang/ess/packages.el b/modules/lang/ess/packages.el
index 9d0e0ba82..c49749a19 100644
--- a/modules/lang/ess/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/ess/packages.el
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@
     (package! company-stan :pin "150bbbe5fd3ad2b5a3dbfba9d291e66eeea1a581"))
   (when (modulep! :checkers syntax -flymake)
     (package! flycheck-stan :pin "150bbbe5fd3ad2b5a3dbfba9d291e66eeea1a581")))
+
+(when (< emacs-major-version 29)
+  ;; See emacs-ess/ESS#1193
+  (package! xterm-color :pin "2ad407c651e90fff2ea85d17bf074cee2c022912"))