diff --git a/src/hyperlink.rs b/src/hyperlink.rs
index 4ddd3efad..83cf3a1de 100644
--- a/src/hyperlink.rs
+++ b/src/hyperlink.rs
@@ -42,16 +42,21 @@ fn encode(f: &mut Formatter, byte: u8) -> fmt::Result {
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 fn host() -> &'static str {
-    use std::sync::OnceLock;
+    use std::{env, sync::OnceLock};
 
     static HOSTNAME: OnceLock<String> = OnceLock::new();
 
     HOSTNAME
         .get_or_init(|| {
-            nix::unistd::gethostname()
-                .ok()
-                .and_then(|h| h.into_string().ok())
-                .unwrap_or_default()
+            env::var("WSL_DISTRO_NAME").map_or_else(
+                |_| {
+                    nix::unistd::gethostname()
+                        .ok()
+                        .and_then(|h| h.into_string().ok())
+                        .unwrap_or_default()
+                },
+                |distro| format!("wsl$/{distro}"),
+            )
         })
         .as_ref()
 }
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index 3d11cdcda..e7b032847 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ mod testenv;
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use nix::unistd::{Gid, Group, Uid, User};
-use std::fs;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
+use std::{env, fs};
 use test_case::test_case;
 
 use normpath::PathExt;
@@ -2677,10 +2677,19 @@ fn test_gitignore_parent() {
 fn test_hyperlink() {
     let te = TestEnv::new(DEFAULT_DIRS, DEFAULT_FILES);
 
-    #[cfg(unix)]
-    let hostname = nix::unistd::gethostname().unwrap().into_string().unwrap();
     #[cfg(not(unix))]
-    let hostname = "";
+    let hostname = String::new();
+
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    let hostname = env::var("WSL_DISTRO_NAME").map_or_else(
+        |_| {
+            nix::unistd::gethostname()
+                .ok()
+                .and_then(|h| h.into_string().ok())
+                .unwrap_or_default()
+        },
+        |distro| format!("wsl$/{distro}"),
+    );
 
     let expected = format!(
         "\x1b]8;;file://{}{}/a.foo\x1b\\a.foo\x1b]8;;\x1b\\",