diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/plugin.xml b/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/plugin.xml
index 6a4cbe0fc8..718a2c9a99 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/plugin.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/plugin.xml
@@ -3503,7 +3503,7 @@ M4 = Platform-specific fourth key
          point="org.eclipse.ui.console.consolePatternMatchListeners">
       <consolePatternMatchListener
             class="org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.console.JavaConsoleTracker"
-            regex="\([\w\.\\/@]*${java_extensions_regex}\S*\)"
+            regex="\(${ansi_escape_regex}[\w\.\\/@]*${java_extensions_regex}\S*${ansi_escape_regex}\)"
             qualifier="${java_extensions_regex}"
             flags="UNICODE_CHARACTER_CLASS"
             id="org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui.JavaConsoleTracker">
@@ -3517,7 +3517,7 @@ M4 = Platform-specific fourth key
       </consolePatternMatchListener>
       <consolePatternMatchListener
             class="org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.console.JavaNativeConsoleTracker"
-            regex="\(Native Method\)"
+            regex="\(${ansi_escape_regex}Native Method${ansi_escape_regex}\)"
             qualifier="Native Method"
             id="org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui.JavaNativeConsoleTracker">
          <enablement>
@@ -3890,4 +3890,15 @@ M4 = Platform-specific fourth key
        </enabledWhen>
     </handler>
  </extension>
+
+ <extension
+       point="org.eclipse.core.variables.valueVariables">
+    <!-- For convenience, to use when we detect stack-trace links -->
+    <variable
+          initialValue="(\033\[[\d;]*[A-HJKSTfimnsu])*"
+          name="ansi_escape_regex"
+          readOnly="true">
+    </variable>
+ </extension>
+
 </plugin>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/debug/ui/console/JavaConsoleTracker.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/debug/ui/console/JavaConsoleTracker.java
index 548c217b98..fbe6f559f5 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/debug/ui/console/JavaConsoleTracker.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/debug/ui/console/JavaConsoleTracker.java
@@ -54,12 +54,22 @@ protected TextConsole getConsole() {
      * @see org.eclipse.ui.console.IPatternMatchListenerDelegate#matchFound(org.eclipse.ui.console.PatternMatchEvent)
      */
     @Override
-	public void matchFound(PatternMatchEvent event) {
+    public void matchFound(PatternMatchEvent event) {
         try {
-            int offset = event.getOffset();
-            int length = event.getLength();
+            int offset = event.getOffset() + 1; // skip the leading (
+            int length = event.getLength() - 2; // don't count the leading ( and trailing )
+
+            String text = fConsole.getDocument().get(offset, length);
+            // Remove the ANSI escape sequences
+            String textNew = text.replaceAll(JavaStackTraceHyperlink.ANSI_ESCAPE_REGEX, ""); //$NON-NLS-1$
+            int delta = text.indexOf(textNew);
+            if (delta != -1) {
+                offset += delta;
+                length = textNew.length();
+            }
+
             IHyperlink link = new JavaStackTraceHyperlink(fConsole);
-            fConsole.addHyperlink(link, offset+1, length-2);
+            fConsole.addHyperlink(link, offset, length);
         } catch (BadLocationException e) {
         }
     }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/debug/ui/console/JavaStackTraceHyperlink.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/debug/ui/console/JavaStackTraceHyperlink.java
index 05c299ace9..cb0a74bc34 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/debug/ui/console/JavaStackTraceHyperlink.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/debug/ui/console/JavaStackTraceHyperlink.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
  * A hyper-link from a stack trace line of the form "*(*.java:*)"
  */
 public class JavaStackTraceHyperlink implements IHyperlink {
-
+	final static String ANSI_ESCAPE_REGEX = "\033\\[[\\d;]*[A-HJKSTfimnsu]"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private TextConsole fConsole;
 
 	/**
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ public void linkActivated() {
         int lineNumber;
         try {
             String linkText = getLinkText();
+            linkText = linkText.replaceAll(ANSI_ESCAPE_REGEX, ""); //$NON-NLS-1$
             typeName = getTypeName(linkText);
             lineNumber = getLineNumber(linkText);
         } catch (CoreException e1) {