diff --git a/neocon/neocon.c b/neocon/neocon.c
index 570dacb..19beef1 100644
--- a/neocon/neocon.c
+++ b/neocon/neocon.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static speed_t bps_to_speed(int bps)
 }
 
 
-static void make_raw(int fd, struct termios *old)
+static void make_raw(int fd, struct termios *old, int cr)
 {
 	struct termios t;
 	long flags;
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ static void make_raw(int fd, struct termios *old)
 			exit(1);
 		}
 	}
+	if (cr)
+		t.c_oflag |= OPOST | ONLCR;
 	if (tcsetattr(fd, TCSANOW, &t) < 0) {
 		perror("tcsetattr");
 		exit(1);
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ static int open_next_tty(void)
 			break;
 	}
 	if (fd >= 0)
-		make_raw(fd, &tty);
+		make_raw(fd, &tty, 0);
     	return fd;
 }
 
@@ -278,9 +280,11 @@ static void cleanup(void)
 static void usage(const char *name)
 {
 	fprintf(stderr,
-"usage: %s [-b bps] [-e escape] [-l logfile [-a] [-T]] [-t delay_ms] tty ...\n\n"
+"usage: %s [-b bps] [-c] [-e escape] [-l logfile [-a] [-T]] [-t delay_ms] "
+    "tty ...\n\n"
 "  -a           append to the log file if it already exists\n"
 "  -b bps       set the TTY to the specified bit rate\n"
+"  -c           add carriage return before newline (on console)\n"
 "  -e escape    set the escape character (default: ~)\n"
 "  -l logfile   log all output to the specified file\n"
 "  -t delay_ms  wait the specified amount of time between input characters\n"
@@ -293,14 +297,14 @@ static void usage(const char *name)
 int main(int argc, char *const *argv)
 {
 	char *end;
-	int c, bps;
+	int c, bps, cr = 0;
 	int fd = -1;
 	int append = 0;
 	const char *logfile = NULL;
 	int throttle_us = 0;
 	int throttle = 0;
 
-	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "ab:e:l:t:T")) != EOF)
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "ab:ce:l:t:T")) != EOF)
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'a':
 			append = 1;
@@ -311,6 +315,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *const *argv)
 		    		usage(*argv);
 			speed = bps_to_speed(bps);
 			break;
+		case 'c':
+			cr = 1;
+			break;
 		case 'e':
 			if (strlen(optarg) != 1)
 				usage(*argv);
@@ -342,7 +349,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *const *argv)
 		setlinebuf(log);
 	}
 
-	make_raw(0, &console);
+	make_raw(0, &console, cr);
 	atexit(cleanup);
 	while (1) {
 		struct timeval tv;