diff --git a/src/ui/MouseZoneManager.ts b/src/ui/MouseZoneManager.ts
index 7902272395..3b848795ec 100644
--- a/src/ui/MouseZoneManager.ts
+++ b/src/ui/MouseZoneManager.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export class MouseZoneManager extends Disposable implements IMouseZoneManager {
   private _tooltipTimeout: number = null;
   private _currentZone: IMouseZone = null;
   private _lastHoverCoords: [number, number] = [null, null];
+  private _initialSelectionLenght: number;
 
   constructor(
     private _terminal: ITerminal
@@ -157,6 +158,10 @@ export class MouseZoneManager extends Disposable implements IMouseZoneManager {
   }
 
   private _onMouseDown(e: MouseEvent): void {
+    // Store current terminal selection length, to check if we're performing
+    // a selection operation
+    this._initialSelectionLenght = this._terminal.getSelection().length;
+
     // Ignore the event if there are no zones active
     if (!this._areZonesActive) {
       return;
@@ -186,9 +191,12 @@ export class MouseZoneManager extends Disposable implements IMouseZoneManager {
   }
 
   private _onClick(e: MouseEvent): void {
-    // Find the active zone and click it if found
+    // Find the active zone and click it if found and no selection was
+    // being performed
     const zone = this._findZoneEventAt(e);
-    if (zone) {
+    const currentSelectionLength = this._terminal.getSelection().length;
+
+    if (zone  && currentSelectionLength === this._initialSelectionLenght) {
       zone.clickCallback(e);
       e.preventDefault();
       e.stopImmediatePropagation();