diff --git a/autoload/delimitMate.vim b/autoload/delimitMate.vim
index 9e0339b..d60a3be 100644
--- a/autoload/delimitMate.vim
+++ b/autoload/delimitMate.vim
@@ -643,6 +643,12 @@ function! delimitMate#ExtraMappings() "{{{
 
 	inoremap <buffer> <Del> <C-R>=delimitMate#Del()<CR>
 
+	"the following simply creates an ambiguous mapping so vim fully
+	"processes the escape sequence for terminal keys, see 'ttimeout' for a
+	"rough explanation, this just forces it to work
+	if &term[:4] == "xterm"
+		inoremap <silent> <C-[>OC <RIGHT>
+	endif
 endfunction "}}}
 
 function! delimitMate#UnMap() " {{{