diff --git a/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/text.rs b/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/text.rs
index 58a34b0f73..fbf03f89ba 100644
--- a/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/text.rs
+++ b/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/text.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ impl TextScreen {
         }
 
         for &b in buf.iter() {
-            self.input.push_back(b);
+            // Translate a bare CR (what the Enter key produces on most keymaps)
+            // to LF, matching the serial input path (push_input_bytes). Without
+            // this, line-oriented readers such as a shell's read_line never see
+            // a completed line from keyboard input and appear to hang.
+            self.input.push_back(if b == b'\r' { b'\n' } else { b });
         }
     }