diff --git a/test/test-vt.c b/test/test-vt.c
index 83d53b4..9907dd4 100644
--- a/test/test-vt.c
+++ b/test/test-vt.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* Unit tests for the terminal emulator's color handling. */
 #include <locale.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
 #include "../vt.c"
 
 static int failures;
@@ -122,6 +123,30 @@ static void test_term(const char *name, int red, int palette196, int rgb123, int
 	fclose(in);
 }
 
+static void test_device_attributes(void)
+{
+	term = "DA";
+	const char *queries[] = { "\033[c", "\033[0c", "\033[>c", "\033[=c" };
+	const char *replies[] = { "\033[?1;2c", "\033[?1;2c", "", "" };
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < LENGTH(queries); i++) {
+		int fds[2];
+		if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, fds))
+			abort();
+		Vt *t = vt_create(5, 10, 0);
+		t->pty = fds[0];
+		if (write(fds[1], queries[i], strlen(queries[i])) != (ssize_t)strlen(queries[i]))
+			abort();
+		vt_process(t);
+		fcntl(fds[1], F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
+		char buf[16] = "";
+		ssize_t len = read(fds[1], buf, sizeof buf - 1);
+		buf[len > 0 ? len : 0] = '\0';
+		CHECK(!strcmp(buf, replies[i]));
+		close(fds[1]);
+		vt_destroy(t);
+	}
+}
+
 int main(void)
 {
 	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "C.UTF-8");
@@ -148,6 +173,7 @@ int main(void)
 	bool bundled = system(cmd) == 0;
 	setenv("TERMINFO", dir, 1);
 
+	test_device_attributes();
 	test_term("xterm", COLOR_RED, COLOR_RED, COLOR_BLACK, COLOR_BLACK);
 	test_term("xterm-256color", 196, 196, 16, 16);
 	if (direct) {
diff --git a/vt.c b/vt.c
index 1c227c0..4ff8f95 100644
--- a/vt.c
+++ b/vt.c
@@ -1124,8 +1124,8 @@ static void interpret_csi(Vt *t)
 			send_curs(t);
 		break;
 	case 'c': /* primary device attributes, answer as a VT100 with advanced video */
-		if (t->ebuf[1] != '>' && (param_count == 0 || csiparam[0] == 0))
-			vt_write(t, "\033[?1;2c", 7);
+		if (t->ebuf[1] != '>' && t->ebuf[1] != '=' && (param_count == 0 || csiparam[0] == 0))
+			vt_write(t, "[?1;2c", 7);
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;