diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
index 6f51d222230..0eacbc9bbbe 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/TermControl.cpp
@@ -552,6 +552,14 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::TerminalControl::implementation
             }
         }
 
+        // Manually prevent keyboard navigation with tab. We want to send tab to
+        // the terminal, and we don't want to be able to escape focus of the
+        // control with tab.
+        if (e.OriginalKey() == VirtualKey::Tab)
+        {
+            handled = true;
+        }
+
         e.Handled(handled);
     }