diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 520d04560..702cfd5df 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2010-04-11  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* fhandler.h (class dev_console): Add backspace_keycode member.
+	* fhandler_console.cc (fhandler_console::get_tty_stuff): Initialize
+	backspace_keycode with CERASE.
+	(fhandler_console::read): Return dev_state->backspace_keycode if the
+	backspace key is pressed.
+	(fhandler_console::char_command): Implement DECBKM escape sequence.
+
 2010-04-10  Christopher Faylor  <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>
 
 	* fhandler_console.cc (fhandler_console::read): Default to sending
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
index 26a7585d7..cf9d7b9ae 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
@@ -924,6 +924,7 @@ class dev_console
   bool iso_2022_G1;
   bool alternate_charset_active;
   bool metabit;
+  char backspace_keycode;
 
   char my_title_buf [TITLESIZE + 1];
 
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc
index 1e1f691e9..8aebaccf8 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ fhandler_console::get_tty_stuff (int flags = 0)
       if (PRIMARYLANGID (LOWORD (GetKeyboardLayout (0))) == LANG_ENGLISH)
 	dev_state->meta_mask |= RIGHT_ALT_PRESSED;
       dev_state->set_default_attr ();
+      dev_state->backspace_keycode = CERASE;
       shared_console_info->tty_min_state.sethwnd ((HWND) INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE);
     }
 
@@ -374,10 +375,9 @@ fhandler_console::read (void *pv, size_t& buflen)
 	  if (control_key_state & LEFT_ALT_PRESSED)
 	    dev_state->nModifiers |= 8;
 
-	  /* Send the VERASE character from the terminal settings as backspace keycode. */
 	  if (input_rec.Event.KeyEvent.wVirtualScanCode == 14)
 	    {
-	      char c = ti.c_cc[VERASE] ?: CERASE;
+	      char c = dev_state->backspace_keycode;
 	      nread = 0;
 	      if (control_key_state & ALT_PRESSED) {
 		if (dev_state->metabit)
@@ -1398,6 +1398,10 @@ fhandler_console::char_command (char c)
 	    }
 	  break;
 
+	case 67: /* DECBKM ("DEC Backarrow Key Mode") */
+	  dev_state->backspace_keycode = (c == 'h' ? CTRL('H') : CERASE);
+	  break;
+
 	case 1000: /* Mouse tracking */
 	  dev_state->use_mouse = (c == 'h') ? 1 : 0;
 	  syscall_printf ("mouse support set to mode %d", dev_state->use_mouse);