diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+Version 0.7.1.1
+---------------
+
+`getReportedCursorPosition`: don't let the cursor reporting code be echo'd
+
 Version 0.7.1
 -------------
 
diff --git a/System/Console/ANSI/Unix.hs b/System/Console/ANSI/Unix.hs
--- a/System/Console/ANSI/Unix.hs
+++ b/System/Console/ANSI/Unix.hs
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@
 
 -- getReportedCursorPosition :: IO String
 -- (See Common-Include.hs for Haddock documentation)
-getReportedCursorPosition = bracket (hGetEcho stdin) (hSetEcho stdin) $ const get
+getReportedCursorPosition = bracket (hGetEcho stdin) (hSetEcho stdin) $ \_ -> do
+  hSetEcho stdin False   -- Turn echo off
+  get
   where
     get = do
         c <- getChar
diff --git a/ansi-terminal.cabal b/ansi-terminal.cabal
--- a/ansi-terminal.cabal
+++ b/ansi-terminal.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                ansi-terminal
-Version:             0.7.1
+Version:             0.7.1.1
 Cabal-Version:       >= 1.6
 Category:            User Interfaces
 Synopsis:            Simple ANSI terminal support, with Windows compatibility