diff --git a/lib/reline/ansi.rb b/lib/reline/ansi.rb
index 4862cfb13f..6246a27107 100644
--- a/lib/reline/ansi.rb
+++ b/lib/reline/ansi.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ class Reline::ANSI
     unless @@buf.empty?
       return @@buf.shift
     end
-    @@input.getbyte
+    c = @@input.getbyte
+    (c == 0x16 && @@input.raw(min: 0, tim: 0, &:getbyte)) || c
   end
 
   def self.ungetc(c)