diff --git a/src/terminal/display.c b/src/terminal/display.c
index cd9f6a6d..de2cae5a 100644
--- a/src/terminal/display.c
+++ b/src/terminal/display.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ int __guac_terminal_set_colors(guac_terminal_display* display,
     }
 
     /* Handle bold */
-    if (attributes->bold
+    if (attributes->bold && !attributes->half_bright
             && foreground->palette_index >= GUAC_TERMINAL_FIRST_DARK
             && foreground->palette_index <= GUAC_TERMINAL_LAST_DARK) {
         foreground = &guac_terminal_palette[foreground->palette_index
@@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ int __guac_terminal_set_colors(guac_terminal_display* display,
     display->glyph_foreground = *foreground;
     display->glyph_background = *background;
 
+    /* Modify color if half-bright (low intensity) */
+    if (attributes->half_bright && !attributes->bold) {
+        display->glyph_foreground.red   /= 2;
+        display->glyph_foreground.green /= 2;
+        display->glyph_foreground.blue  /= 2;
+    }
+
     return 0;
 
 }
diff --git a/src/terminal/terminal.c b/src/terminal/terminal.c
index 711a0fa8..bba95f06 100644
--- a/src/terminal/terminal.c
+++ b/src/terminal/terminal.c
@@ -296,11 +296,12 @@ guac_terminal* guac_terminal_create(guac_client* client,
     guac_terminal_char default_char = {
         .value = 0,
         .attributes = {
-            .foreground = guac_terminal_palette[default_foreground],
-            .background = guac_terminal_palette[default_background],
-            .bold       = false,
-            .reverse    = false,
-            .underscore = false
+            .foreground  = guac_terminal_palette[default_foreground],
+            .background  = guac_terminal_palette[default_background],
+            .bold        = false,
+            .half_bright = false,
+            .reverse     = false,
+            .underscore  = false
         },
         .width = 1
     };
diff --git a/src/terminal/terminal/types.h b/src/terminal/terminal/types.h
index 7d3cd537..0d054f8f 100644
--- a/src/terminal/terminal/types.h
+++ b/src/terminal/terminal/types.h
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ typedef struct guac_terminal_attributes {
      */
     bool bold;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether the character should be rendered with half brightness (faint
+     * or low intensity).
+     */
+    bool half_bright;
+
     /**
      * Whether the character should be rendered with reversed colors
      * (background becomes foreground and vice-versa).
diff --git a/src/terminal/terminal_handlers.c b/src/terminal/terminal_handlers.c
index 55fd6824..e0be18f6 100644
--- a/src/terminal/terminal_handlers.c
+++ b/src/terminal/terminal_handlers.c
@@ -897,6 +897,10 @@ int guac_terminal_csi(guac_terminal* term, unsigned char c) {
                     else if (value == 1)
                         term->current_attributes.bold = true;
 
+                    /* Faint (low intensity) */
+                    else if (value == 2)
+                        term->current_attributes.half_bright = true;
+
                     /* Underscore on */
                     else if (value == 4)
                         term->current_attributes.underscore = true;
@@ -906,8 +910,10 @@ int guac_terminal_csi(guac_terminal* term, unsigned char c) {
                         term->current_attributes.reverse = true;
 
                     /* Normal intensity (not bold) */
-                    else if (value == 21 || value == 22)
+                    else if (value == 21 || value == 22) {
                         term->current_attributes.bold = false;
+                        term->current_attributes.half_bright = false;
+                    }
 
                     /* Reset underscore */
                     else if (value == 24)