diff --git a/pkg/gui/layout.go b/pkg/gui/layout.go
index 7ab7a88a09d..685e9817ca2 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/layout.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/layout.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package gui
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/gocui"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/types"
@@ -257,6 +258,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) onInitialViewsCreation() error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	gui.checkForDeltaNavigateWarning()
+
 	gui.c.GetAppState().LastVersion = gui.Config.GetVersion()
 	gui.c.SaveAppStateAndLogError()
 
@@ -274,6 +277,21 @@ func (gui *Gui) onInitialViewsCreation() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (gui *Gui) checkForDeltaNavigateWarning() {
+	userConfig := gui.c.UserConfig()
+	for _, pagerConfig := range userConfig.Git.Pagers {
+		pagerCmd := string(pagerConfig.Pager)
+		if strings.Contains(pagerCmd, "delta") && strings.Contains(pagerCmd, "--navigate") {
+			gui.c.Log.Warn("Configuration warning: 'delta --navigate' detected. This flag is not supported in lazygit as it requires interactive input that lazygit cannot forward to the pager subprocess.")
+			gui.c.OnUIThread(func() error {
+				gui.c.Alert(gui.c.Tr.DeltaNavigateWarningTitle, gui.c.Tr.DeltaNavigateWarning)
+				return nil
+			})
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (gui *Gui) transientContexts() []types.Context {
 	return lo.Filter(gui.State.Contexts.Flatten(), func(context types.Context, _ int) bool {
 		return context.IsTransient()
diff --git a/pkg/i18n/english.go b/pkg/i18n/english.go
index 75391a2c1f2..cf145f4826f 100644
--- a/pkg/i18n/english.go
+++ b/pkg/i18n/english.go
@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ type TranslationSet struct {
 	IntroPopupMessage                     string
 	NonReloadableConfigWarningTitle       string
 	NonReloadableConfigWarning            string
+	DeltaNavigateWarningTitle             string
+	DeltaNavigateWarning                  string
 	GitconfigParseErr                     string
 	EditFile                              string
 	EditFileTooltip                       string
@@ -1344,6 +1346,8 @@ func EnglishTranslationSet() *TranslationSet {
 		IntroPopupMessage:                    englishIntroPopupMessage,
 		NonReloadableConfigWarningTitle:      "Config changed",
 		NonReloadableConfigWarning:           englishNonReloadableConfigWarning,
+		DeltaNavigateWarningTitle:            "Delta --navigate Not Supported",
+		DeltaNavigateWarning:                 "You have 'delta --navigate' configured as your pager.\n\nThe --navigate flag requires interactive keyboard input (n/N keys) that lazygit cannot forward to the subprocess.\n\nPlease remove '--navigate' from your pager configuration.",
 		GitconfigParseErr:                    `Gogit failed to parse your gitconfig file due to the presence of unquoted '\' characters. Removing these should fix the issue.`,
 		EditFile:                             `Edit file`,
 		EditFileTooltip:                      "Open file in external editor.",