diff --git a/fickling/fickle.py b/fickling/fickle.py
index f167c46..a81bf2d 100644
--- a/fickling/fickle.py
+++ b/fickling/fickle.py
@@ -768,6 +768,7 @@ def unsafe_imports(self) -> Iterator[Union[ast.Import, ast.ImportFrom]]:
                 "builtins",
                 "os",
                 "posix",
+                "pty",
                 "nt",
                 "subprocess",
                 "sys",
diff --git a/test/test_hook.py b/test/test_hook.py
index aa740eb..4b924b4 100644
--- a/test/test_hook.py
+++ b/test/test_hook.py
@@ -39,13 +39,19 @@ def __reduce__(self):
                 return (os.system, ("echo 'I should have been stopped by the hook'",))
 
         payload = Payload()
+        # Validate that pty-based execution is captured
+        payload_pty = b'''(cpty\nspawn\nS"id"\no.'''
+
 
         # Save the payload in a pickle file
         with open("unsafe.pickle", "wb") as f:
             pickle.dump(payload, f)
+        with open("unsafe_pty.pickle", "wb") as f:
+            f.write(payload_pty)
 
         try:
             numpy.load("unsafe.pickle", allow_pickle=True)
+            numpy.load("unsafe_pty.pickle", allow_pickle=True)
         except UnpicklingError as e:
             if isinstance(e.__cause__, UnsafeFileError):
                 pass