diff --git a/docs/Lua API.rst b/docs/Lua API.rst
index 9bab6b494..527a9f3b4 100644
--- a/docs/Lua API.rst	
+++ b/docs/Lua API.rst	
@@ -524,6 +524,20 @@ Input & Output
   lock. Using an explicit ``dfhack.with_suspend`` will prevent
   this, forcing the function to block on input with lock held.
 
+* ``dfhack.getCommandHistory(history_id, history_filename)``
+
+  Returns the list of strings in the specified history. Intended to be used by
+  GUI scripts that don't have access to a console and so can't use
+  ``dfhack.lineedit``. The ``history_id`` parameter is some unique string that
+  the script uses to identify its command history, such as the script's name. If
+  this is the first time the history with the given ``history_id`` is being
+  accessed, it is initialized from the given file.
+
+* ``dfhack.addCommandToHistory(history_id, history_filename, command)``
+
+  Adds a command to the specified history and saves the updated history to the
+  specified file.
+
 * ``dfhack.interpreter([prompt[,history_filename[,env]]])``
 
   Starts an interactive lua interpreter, using the specified prompt
@@ -837,6 +851,7 @@ can be omitted.
 * ``dfhack.getGitXmlExpectedCommit()``
 * ``dfhack.gitXmlMatch()``
 * ``dfhack.isRelease()``
+* ``dfhack.isPrerelease()``
 
   Return information about the DFHack build in use.
 
@@ -890,7 +905,6 @@ can be omitted.
   from ``dfhack.TranslateName()``), use ``print(dfhack.df2console(text))`` to
   ensure proper display on all platforms.
 
-
 * ``dfhack.utf2df(string)``
 
   Convert a string from UTF-8 to DF's CP437 encoding.
diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index 3afcd3e5c..d64c2ab0d 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ changelog.txt uses a syntax similar to RST, with a few special sequences:
 - ``Gui::getSelectedItem()``, ``Gui::getAnyItem()``: added support for the artifacts screen
 
 ## Lua
+- History: added ``dfhack.getCommandHistory(history_id, history_filename)`` and ``dfhack.addCommandToHistory(history_id, history_filename, command)`` so gui scripts can access a commandline history without requiring a terminal.
 - ``tile-material``: fix the order of declarations. The ``GetTileMat`` function now returns the material as intended (always returned nil before). Also changed the license info, with permission of the original author.
 - ``widgets.EditField``: new ``onsubmit2`` callback attribute is called when the user hits Shift-Enter.
 - ``widgets.EditField``: new function: ``setCursor(position)`` sets the input cursor.
diff --git a/library/LuaApi.cpp b/library/LuaApi.cpp
index 101b645fd..12b0a7310 100644
--- a/library/LuaApi.cpp
+++ b/library/LuaApi.cpp
@@ -1359,6 +1359,38 @@ static void OpenRandom(lua_State *state)
     lua_pop(state, 1);
 }
 
+
+/*********************************
+* Commandline history repository *
+**********************************/
+
+static std::map<std::string, CommandHistory> commandHistories;
+
+static CommandHistory * ensureCommandHistory(std::string id,
+                                             std::string src_file) {
+    if (!commandHistories.count(id)) {
+        commandHistories[id].load(src_file.c_str());
+    }
+    return &commandHistories[id];
+}
+
+static int getCommandHistory(lua_State *state)
+{
+    std::string id = lua_tostring(state, 1);
+    std::string src_file = lua_tostring(state, 2);
+    std::vector<std::string> entries;
+    ensureCommandHistory(id, src_file)->getEntries(entries);
+    Lua::PushVector(state, entries);
+    return 1;
+}
+
+static void addCommandToHistory(std::string id, std::string src_file,
+                                std::string command) {
+    CommandHistory *history = ensureCommandHistory(id, src_file);
+    history->add(command);
+    history->save(src_file.c_str());
+}
+
 /************************
  * Wrappers for C++ API *
  ************************/
@@ -1450,6 +1482,12 @@ static const LuaWrapper::FunctionReg dfhack_module[] = {
     WRAP_VERSION_FUNC(gitXmlMatch, git_xml_match),
     WRAP_VERSION_FUNC(isRelease, is_release),
     WRAP_VERSION_FUNC(isPrerelease, is_prerelease),
+    WRAP(addCommandToHistory),
+    { NULL, NULL }
+};
+
+static const luaL_Reg dfhack_funcs[] = {
+    { "getCommandHistory", getCommandHistory },
     { NULL, NULL }
 };
 
@@ -3113,6 +3151,7 @@ void OpenDFHackApi(lua_State *state)
     OpenRandom(state);
 
     LuaWrapper::SetFunctionWrappers(state, dfhack_module);
+    luaL_setfuncs(state, dfhack_funcs, 0);
     OpenModule(state, "gui", dfhack_gui_module, dfhack_gui_funcs);
     OpenModule(state, "job", dfhack_job_module, dfhack_job_funcs);
     OpenModule(state, "units", dfhack_units_module, dfhack_units_funcs);
diff --git a/library/include/Console.h b/library/include/Console.h
index f0f56ca85..39a19b152 100644
--- a/library/include/Console.h
+++ b/library/include/Console.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ distribution.
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
+#include <vector>
 namespace tthread
 {
     class mutex;
@@ -114,6 +115,12 @@ namespace  DFHack
         {
             history.pop_front();
         }
+        /// adds the current list of entries to the given vector
+        void getEntries(std::vector<std::string> &entries)
+        {
+            for (auto &entry : history)
+                entries.push_back(entry);
+        }
     private:
         std::size_t capacity;
         std::deque <std::string> history;