diff --git a/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
index 15f4b76..3f4cd0a 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ gui-curses-chat.c
 gui-curses-color.c
 gui-curses-keyboard.c
 gui-curses-main.c
+gui-curses-term.c
 gui-curses-window.c)
 
 SET(EXECUTABLE weechat-curses)
diff --git a/src/gui/curses/Makefile.am b/src/gui/curses/Makefile.am
index a7d92b7..284f21f 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/gui/curses/Makefile.am
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ weechat_curses_SOURCES = gui-curses-bar-window.c \
                          gui-curses-color.c \
                          gui-curses-keyboard.c \
                          gui-curses-main.c \
+                         gui-curses-term.c \
                          gui-curses-window.c \
                          gui-curses.h
 
diff --git a/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-main.c b/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-main.c
index bc91c32..33e1143 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-main.c
+++ b/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-main.c
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ gui_main_init ()
     
     initscr ();
     
+    gui_term_set_eat_newline_glitch (0);
+    
     curs_set (1);
     noecho ();
     nodelay (stdscr, TRUE);
diff --git a/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-term.c b/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-term.c
index e69de29..2a7c67e 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-term.c
+++ b/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-term.c
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include <term.h>
+
+void
+gui_term_set_eat_newline_glitch (int value)
+{
+    eat_newline_glitch = value;
+}
diff --git a/src/gui/curses/gui-curses.h b/src/gui/curses/gui-curses.h
index 7c50339..cd490c0 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/gui-curses.h
+++ b/src/gui/curses/gui-curses.h
@@ -114,4 +114,6 @@ extern void gui_window_apply_color (unsigned char **str, WINDOW *window,
                                     int apply_bar_colors);
 extern void gui_window_set_title (const char *title);
 
+extern void gui_term_set_eat_newline_glitch (int value);
+
 #endif /* __WEECHAT_GUI_CURSES_H */