diff --git a/src/tool_cb_hdr.c b/src/tool_cb_hdr.c
index 04817af6cc..ed22ef460a 100644
--- a/src/tool_cb_hdr.c
+++ b/src/tool_cb_hdr.c
@@ -344,6 +344,15 @@ void write_linked_location(CURL *curl, const char *location, size_t loclen,
   char *copyloc = NULL, *locurl = NULL, *scheme = NULL, *finalurl = NULL;
   const char *loc = location;
   size_t llen = loclen;
+  char *vver = getenv("VTE_VERSION");
+
+  if(vver) {
+    long vvn = strtol(vver, NULL, 10);
+    /* Skip formatting for old versions of VTE <= 0.48.1 (Mar 2017) since some
+       of those versions have formatting bugs. (#10428) */
+    if(0 < vvn && vvn <= 4801)
+      goto locout;
+  }
 
   /* Strip leading whitespace of the redirect URL */
   while(llen && *loc == ' ') {