diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 43ae5e926..35e0a0cee 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ DFHack Future
     Internals
         A method for caching screen output is now available to Lua (and C++)
         Developer plugins can be ignored on startup by setting the DFHACK_NO_DEV_PLUGINS environment variable
+        The console on Linux and OS X now recognizes keyboard input between prompts
     Lua
     New internal commands
     New plugins
diff --git a/library/Console-posix.cpp b/library/Console-posix.cpp
index 21093dff3..90086874b 100644
--- a/library/Console-posix.cpp
+++ b/library/Console-posix.cpp
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ namespace DFHack
             // We want read to return every single byte, without timeout.
             raw.c_cc[VMIN] = 1; raw.c_cc[VTIME] = 0;// 1 byte, no timer
             // put terminal in raw mode after flushing
-            if (tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO,TCSAFLUSH,&raw) < 0)
+            if (tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO,TCSADRAIN,&raw) < 0)
                 return -1;
             rawmode = 1;
             return 0;