diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 163ab1cb5..c9109b1fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ current (development)
   Component Slider(SliderOption<T> options);
   Component ResizableSplit(ResizableSplitOption options);
   ```
+- Feature: Add `ScreenInteractive::TrackMouse(false)` disable mouse support.
 
 ### Dom
 - Feature: Add `hyperlink` decorator. For instance:
diff --git a/include/ftxui/component/screen_interactive.hpp b/include/ftxui/component/screen_interactive.hpp
index f038c35c6..ec08765db 100644
--- a/include/ftxui/component/screen_interactive.hpp
+++ b/include/ftxui/component/screen_interactive.hpp
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ class ScreenInteractive : public Screen {
   static ScreenInteractive FitComponent();
   static ScreenInteractive TerminalOutput();
 
+  // Options. Must be called before Loop().
+  void TrackMouse(bool enable = true);
+
   // Return the currently active screen, nullptr if none.
   static ScreenInteractive* Active();
 
@@ -84,6 +87,8 @@ class ScreenInteractive : public Screen {
                     Dimension dimension,
                     bool use_alternative_screen);
 
+  bool track_mouse_= true;
+
   Sender<Task> task_sender_;
   Receiver<Task> task_receiver_;
 
diff --git a/src/ftxui/component/screen_interactive.cpp b/src/ftxui/component/screen_interactive.cpp
index 290077109..ddaabcb67 100644
--- a/src/ftxui/component/screen_interactive.cpp
+++ b/src/ftxui/component/screen_interactive.cpp
@@ -379,6 +379,26 @@ ScreenInteractive ScreenInteractive::FitComponent() {
   };
 }
 
+/// @ingroup component
+/// @brief Set whether mouse is tracked and events reported.
+/// called outside of the main loop. E.g `ScreenInteractive::Loop(...)`.
+/// @param enable Whether to enable mouse event tracking.
+/// @note This muse be called outside of the main loop. E.g. before calling
+/// `ScreenInteractive::Loop`.
+/// @note Mouse tracking is enabled by default.
+/// @note Mouse tracking is only supported on terminals that supports it.
+///
+/// ### Example
+///
+/// ```cpp
+/// auto screen = ScreenInteractive::TerminalOutput();
+/// screen.TrackMouse(false);
+/// screen.Loop(component);
+/// ```
+void ScreenInteractive::TrackMouse(bool enable) {
+  track_mouse_ = enable;
+}
+
 void ScreenInteractive::Post(Task task) {
   // Task/Events sent toward inactive screen or screen waiting to become
   // inactive are dropped.
@@ -580,10 +600,12 @@ void ScreenInteractive::Install() {
       DECMode::kLineWrap,
   });
 
-  enable({DECMode::kMouseVt200});
-  enable({DECMode::kMouseAnyEvent});
-  enable({DECMode::kMouseUrxvtMode});
-  enable({DECMode::kMouseSgrExtMode});
+  if (track_mouse_) {
+    enable({DECMode::kMouseVt200});
+    enable({DECMode::kMouseAnyEvent});
+    enable({DECMode::kMouseUrxvtMode});
+    enable({DECMode::kMouseSgrExtMode});
+  }
 
   // After installing the new configuration, flush it to the terminal to
   // ensure it is fully applied: