diff --git a/fbterm/Makefile b/fbterm/Makefile
index 7452abf..f4f6e2b 100644
--- a/fbterm/Makefile
+++ b/fbterm/Makefile
@@ -33,12 +33,20 @@ TARGET_LDFLAGS+= \
 
 define Package/fbterm/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) \
-		$(1)/usr/bin
+		$(1)/usr/bin $(1)/usr/share/fbterm
 
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) \
 		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src/fbterm \
 		$(1)/usr/bin/fbterm
 
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
+		$(FILES_DIR)/fbtermrc \
+		$(1)/usr/share/fbterm
+endef
+
+define Package/fbterm/postinst
+#! /bin/sh
+cp $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/usr/share/fbterm/fbtermrc $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/root/.fbtermrc
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,fbterm))
diff --git a/fbterm/files/fbtermrc b/fbterm/files/fbtermrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9c326c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fbterm/files/fbtermrc
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Configuration for FbTerm
+
+# Lines starting with '#' are ignored.
+# Note that end-of-line comments are NOT supported, comments must be on a line of their own.
+
+
+# font family names/pixelsize used by fbterm, multiple font family names must be seperated by ','
+# and using a fixed width font as the first is strongly recommended
+font-names=mono
+font-size=10
+
+# force font width, usually for non-fixed width fonts
+# legal value format: n (fw_new = n), +n (fw_new = fw_old + n), -n (fw_new = fw_old - n)
+#font-width=
+
+# default color of foreground/background text
+# available colors: 0 = black, 1 = red, 2 = green, 3 = brown, 4 = blue, 5 = magenta, 6 = cyan, 7 = white
+color-foreground=7
+color-background=0
+
+# max scroll-back history lines of every window, value must be [0 - 65535], 0 means disable it
+history-lines=1000
+
+# up to 5 additional text encodings, multiple encodings must be seperated by ','
+# run 'iconv --list' to get available encodings.
+text-encodings=
+
+# cursor shape: 0 = underline, 1 = block
+# cursor flash interval in milliseconds, 0 means disable flashing
+cursor-shape=0
+cursor-interval=500
+
+# additional ascii chars considered as part of a word while auto-selecting text, except ' ', 0-9, a-z, A-Z
+word-chars=._-
+
+# change the clockwise orientation angle of screen display
+# available values: 0 = 0 degree, 1 = 90 degrees, 2 = 180 degrees, 3 = 270 degrees
+screen-rotate=0
+
+# specify the favorite input method program to run
+input-method=