diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/hmi/console/console.h b/sys/src/cmd/hmi/console/console.h
index 305c914..13cf443 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/hmi/console/console.h
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/hmi/console/console.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * This file is part of Jehanne.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2015 Giacomo Tesio <giacomo@tesio.it>
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Giacomo Tesio <giacomo@tesio.it>
  *
  * Jehanne is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ extern int systemwide;	/* all the system depend on this console:
 extern int blind;	/* no feedback for input, disables rawmode */
 extern int linecontrol;
 extern int crnl;	/* turn \n into \r\n to output device */
+extern int posix;	/* Qcons name is "tty" instead of "cons" */
 
 extern int debugging;
 extern void enabledebug(const char *);
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/hmi/console/pipeconsole.c b/sys/src/cmd/hmi/console/pipeconsole.c
index 736defd..fcd0b10 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/hmi/console/pipeconsole.c
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/hmi/console/pipeconsole.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * This file is part of Jehanne.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2015 Giacomo Tesio <giacomo@tesio.it>
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Giacomo Tesio <giacomo@tesio.it>
  *
  * Jehanne is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ int crnl;
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
-	fprint(2, "usage: %s [-d dbgfile] [-l] [-b] program [args]\n", argv0);
+	fprint(2, "usage: %s [-d dbgfile] [-l] [-b] [-P] program [args]\n", argv0);
 	exits("usage");
 }
 void
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	case 'l':
 		linecontrol = 0;
 		break;
+	case 'P':
+		posix = 1;
+		break;
 	default:
 		usage();
 	}ARGEND;
@@ -66,10 +69,15 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/* become the requested program */
 	rfork(RFNOTEG|RFREND|RFCFDG);
 
-	fd = open("/dev/cons", OREAD);
-	fd = open("/dev/cons", OWRITE);
+	if(posix){
+		fd = open("/dev/tty", OREAD);
+		fd = open("/dev/tty", OWRITE);
+	} else {
+		fd = open("/dev/cons", OREAD);
+		fd = open("/dev/cons", OWRITE);
+	}
 	if(dup(fd, 2) != 2)
 		sysfatal("bad FDs: %r");
-	exec(argv[0], argv);
+	jehanne_pexec(argv[0], argv);
 	sysfatal("exec %s: %r", argv[0]);
 }
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/hmi/console/serve9p.c b/sys/src/cmd/hmi/console/serve9p.c
index 1a41b61..e09f58a 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/hmi/console/serve9p.c
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/hmi/console/serve9p.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * This file is part of Jehanne.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2015 Giacomo Tesio <giacomo@tesio.it>
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Giacomo Tesio <giacomo@tesio.it>
  *
  * Jehanne is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ typedef enum
 } Status;
 
 int systemwide;
+int posix;
 
 static Status status;
 static int rawmode;
@@ -1015,6 +1016,9 @@ fsserve(int connection)
 	Fcall	rep;
 	Fcall	*req;
 
+	if(posix)
+		qtab[Qcons].name = "tty";
+
 	fspid = getpid();
 	req = malloc(sizeof(Fcall)+Maxfdata);
 	if(req == nil)