diff --git a/src/config/Config.zig b/src/config/Config.zig
index ecaf87ef4..0d67d254e 100644
--- a/src/config/Config.zig
+++ b/src/config/Config.zig
@@ -3035,6 +3035,13 @@ else
 /// Available since Ghostty 1.2.0.
 @"bold-color": ?BoldColor = null,
 
+/// The opacity level (opposite of transparency) of the faint text. A value of
+/// 1 is fully opaque and a value of 0 is fully transparent. A value less than 0
+/// or greater than 1 will be clamped to the nearest valid value.
+///
+/// Available since Ghostty 1.2.0.
+@"faint-opacity": f64 = 0.6,
+
 /// This will be used to set the `TERM` environment variable.
 /// HACK: We set this with an `xterm` prefix because vim uses that to enable key
 /// protocols (specifically this will enable `modifyOtherKeys`), among other
diff --git a/src/renderer/generic.zig b/src/renderer/generic.zig
index d975f0f96..a6d642d1f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/generic.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/generic.zig
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ pub fn Renderer(comptime GraphicsAPI: type) type {
             selection_background: ?configpkg.Config.TerminalColor,
             selection_foreground: ?configpkg.Config.TerminalColor,
             bold_color: ?configpkg.BoldColor,
+            faint_opacity: u8,
             min_contrast: f32,
             padding_color: configpkg.WindowPaddingColor,
             custom_shaders: configpkg.RepeatablePath,
@@ -584,6 +585,7 @@ pub fn Renderer(comptime GraphicsAPI: type) type {
                     .background = config.background.toTerminalRGB(),
                     .foreground = config.foreground.toTerminalRGB(),
                     .bold_color = config.@"bold-color",
+                    .faint_opacity = @intFromFloat(@ceil(std.math.clamp(config.@"faint-opacity", 0.0, 1.0) * 255)),
 
                     .min_contrast = @floatCast(config.@"minimum-contrast"),
                     .padding_color = config.@"window-padding-color",
@@ -2612,7 +2614,7 @@ pub fn Renderer(comptime GraphicsAPI: type) type {
                     };
 
                     // Foreground alpha for this cell.
-                    const alpha: u8 = if (style.flags.faint) 175 else 255;
+                    const alpha: u8 = if (style.flags.faint) self.config.faint_opacity else 255;
 
                     // Set the cell's background color.
                     {