diff --git a/src/terminal/Screen.zig b/src/terminal/Screen.zig
index a98407af7..228b87922 100644
--- a/src/terminal/Screen.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/Screen.zig
@@ -2565,6 +2565,7 @@ pub fn selectWord(self: *Screen, pin: Pin) ?Selection {
         '`',
         '|',
         ':',
+        ';',
         ',',
         '(',
         ')',
@@ -7819,6 +7820,7 @@ test "Screen: selectWord with character boundary" {
         " `abc` \n123",
         " |abc| \n123",
         " :abc: \n123",
+        " ;abc; \n123",
         " ,abc, \n123",
         " (abc( \n123",
         " )abc) \n123",