@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@
 #ifdef OF_WINDOWS
 # include "OFWin32ConsoleStdIOStream.h"
 #endif
 
 #import "OFInitializationFailedException.h"
+#import "OFInvalidArgumentException.h"
 #import "OFNotOpenException.h"
 #import "OFOutOfRangeException.h"
 #import "OFReadFailedException.h"
 #import "OFWriteFailedException.h"
 
@@ -483,10 +484,13 @@
 #endif
 }
 
 - (void)setCursorPosition: (of_point_t)position
 {
+	if (position.x < 0 || position.y < 0)
+		@throw [OFInvalidArgumentException exception];
+
 #if defined(HAVE_ISATTY) && !defined(OF_AMIGAOS)
 	if (!isatty(_fd))
 		return;
 
 	[self writeFormat: @"\033[%u;%uH",