diff --git a/src/etc/ksh.kshrc b/src/etc/ksh.kshrc
index dbd09225..224049a2 100644
--- a/src/etc/ksh.kshrc
+++ b/src/etc/ksh.kshrc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 :
-#	$OpenBSD: ksh.kshrc,v 1.20 2015/02/18 08:39:32 rpe Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: ksh.kshrc,v 1.21 2016/09/09 16:11:12 rpe Exp $
 #
 # NAME:
 #	ksh.kshrc - global initialization for ksh
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ case "$-" in
 	tty=`tty`
 	tty=`basename $tty`
 	TTY=${TTY:-$tty}
+	# $console is the system console device
+	console=$(sysctl machdep.console_device)
+	console=${console#*=}
 
 	set -o emacs