diff --git a/src/gmenu2x.cpp b/src/gmenu2x.cpp
index 935f28b..af6a259 100644
--- a/src/gmenu2x.cpp
+++ b/src/gmenu2x.cpp
@@ -1705,6 +1705,9 @@ void GMenu2X::editLink() {
 	sd.addSetting(new MenuSettingDir(this, ts, tr["Selector Screenshots"], tr["Directory of the screenshots for the selector"], &linkSelScreens));
 	sd.addSetting(new MenuSettingFile(this, ts, tr["Selector Aliases"], tr["File containing a list of aliases for the selector"], &linkSelAliases));
 	sd.addSetting(new MenuSettingBool(this, ts, tr["Don't Leave"], tr["Don't quit GMenu2X when launching this link"], &menu->selLinkApp()->runsInBackgroundRef()));
+#ifdef PLATFORM_DINGUX
+	sd.addSetting(new MenuSettingBool(this, ts, tr["Display Console"], tr["Must be enabled for console-based applications"], &menu->selLinkApp()->consoleApp));
+#endif
 
 	if (sd.exec() && sd.edited()) {
 		ledOn();
diff --git a/src/linkapp.cpp b/src/linkapp.cpp
index 011b1ff..33777dd 100644
--- a/src/linkapp.cpp
+++ b/src/linkapp.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -53,6 +54,9 @@ LinkApp::LinkApp(GMenu2X *gmenu2x_, Touchscreen &ts, InputManager &inputMgr_,
 	icon = iconPath = "";
 	selectorbrowser = false;
 	useRamTimings = false;
+#ifdef PLATFORM_DINGUX
+	consoleApp = false;
+#endif
 
 	string line;
 	ifstream infile (linkfile, ios_base::in);
@@ -78,6 +82,10 @@ LinkApp::LinkApp(GMenu2X *gmenu2x_, Touchscreen &ts, InputManager &inputMgr_,
 			manual = value;
 		} else if (name == "dontleave") {
 			if (value=="true") dontleave = true;
+#ifdef PLATFORM_DINGUX
+		} else if (name == "consoleapp") {
+			if (value == "true") consoleApp = true;
+#endif
 		} else if (name == "clock") {
 			setClock( atoi(value.c_str()) );
 		} else if (name == "selectordir") {
@@ -167,6 +175,9 @@ bool LinkApp::save() {
 		if (selectorscreens!="") f << "selectorscreens=" << selectorscreens << endl;
 		if (aliasfile!=""      ) f << "selectoraliases=" << aliasfile       << endl;
 		if (dontleave          ) f << "dontleave=true"                      << endl;
+#ifdef PLATFORM_DINGUX
+		if (consoleApp         ) f << "consoleapp=true"                     << endl;
+#endif
 		f.close();
 		sync();
 		return true;
@@ -429,6 +440,20 @@ void LinkApp::launch(const string &selectedFile, const string &selectedDir) {
 		signal(SIGTTOU, SIG_IGN);
 		tcsetpgrp(STDOUT_FILENO, pgid);
 
+#ifdef PLATFORM_DINGUX
+		if (consoleApp) {
+			/* Enable the framebuffer console */
+			char c = '1';
+			int fd = open("/sys/devices/virtual/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind", O_WRONLY);
+			if (fd < 0) {
+				WARNING("Unable to open fbcon handle\n");
+			} else {
+				write(fd, &c, 1);
+				close(fd);
+			}
+		}
+#endif
+
 		execlp("/bin/sh","/bin/sh", "-c", command.c_str(), NULL);
 		//if execution continues then something went wrong and as we already called SDL_Quit we cannot continue
 		//try relaunching gmenu2x
diff --git a/src/linkapp.h b/src/linkapp.h
index 058a2a6..0ed55b8 100644
--- a/src/linkapp.h
+++ b/src/linkapp.h
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ public:
 			const char* linkfile);
 	virtual const std::string &searchIcon();
 
+#ifdef PLATFORM_DINGUX
+	bool consoleApp;
+#endif
+
 	const std::string &getExec();
 	void setExec(const std::string &exec);
 	const std::string &getParams();