diff --git a/config/redbear-desktop.toml b/config/redbear-desktop.toml
index fdce13ec..3c7c03f4 100644
--- a/config/redbear-desktop.toml
+++ b/config/redbear-desktop.toml
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ filesystem_size = 10240
 [packages]
 # Red Bear OS branding (os-release, hostname, motd)
 redbear-release = {}
+
+# Terminal file manager (Midnight Commander port)
+mc = {}
diff --git a/config/redbear-full.toml b/config/redbear-full.toml
index 70cd566c..9f75792e 100644
--- a/config/redbear-full.toml
+++ b/config/redbear-full.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ filesystem_size = 2048
 # Red Bear OS branding (os-release, hostname, motd)
 redbear-release = {}
 
+# Terminal file manager (Midnight Commander port)
+mc = {}
+
 # ext4 filesystem support (our custom port)
 ext4d = {}
 
diff --git a/config/redbear-minimal.toml b/config/redbear-minimal.toml
index c0091fba..5f1fda62 100644
--- a/config/redbear-minimal.toml
+++ b/config/redbear-minimal.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ filesystem_size = 512
 # Red Bear OS branding
 redbear-release = {}
 
+# Terminal file manager
+mc = {}
+
 # Firmware loading
 firmware-loader = {}
 
diff --git a/local/recipes/tui/mc/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/tui/mc/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e565252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/recipes/tui/mc/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+[source]
+tar = "https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/midnightcommander/mc-4.8.33.tar.xz"
+patches = ["redox.patch"]
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "glib",
+    "ncursesw",
+]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+
+# Set pkg-config and include paths for glib
+export GLIB_CFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include"
+export GLIB_LIBS="-lglib-2.0 -lgobject-2.0"
+export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/include ${GLIB_CFLAGS}"
+export LIBS="${LIBS} -lintl"
+
+# Tell configure about sysroot headers. MC's ncurses probe resets CPPFLAGS from CFLAGS.
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/include ${GLIB_CFLAGS}"
+
+# Redox lacks PTY and resolver interfaces expected by optional MC features.
+export ac_cv_func_posix_openpt=no
+export ac_cv_func_getpt=no
+export ac_cv_func_grantpt=no
+export ac_cv_func_unlockpt=no
+export ac_cv_func_ptsname=no
+export ac_cv_func_openpty=no
+export ac_cv_header_arpa_nameser_h=no
+export ac_cv_header_resolv_h=no
+
+# Configure with minimal features for initial port
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
+    --without-x
+    --without-gpm-mouse
+    --without-subshell
+    --disable-vfs-sftp
+    --disable-vfs-ftp
+    --with-screen=ncurses
+)
+
+cookbook_configure
+"""
diff --git a/local/recipes/tui/mc/redox.patch b/local/recipes/tui/mc/redox.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de3dc8dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/recipes/tui/mc/redox.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+diff --git a/src/subshell/common.c b/src/subshell/common.c
+--- a/src/subshell/common.c
++++ b/src/subshell/common.c
+@@ -95,6 +95,45 @@
+ #endif
+ #endif
+ 
++#ifdef __redox__
++static int
++mc_posix_openpt (int flags)
++{
++    (void) flags;
++    errno = ENOSYS;
++    return -1;
++}
++
++static int
++mc_grantpt (int fd)
++{
++    (void) fd;
++    errno = ENOSYS;
++    return -1;
++}
++
++static int
++mc_unlockpt (int fd)
++{
++    (void) fd;
++    errno = ENOSYS;
++    return -1;
++}
++
++static char *
++mc_ptsname (int fd)
++{
++    (void) fd;
++    errno = ENOSYS;
++    return NULL;
++}
++
++#define posix_openpt mc_posix_openpt
++#define grantpt mc_grantpt
++#define unlockpt mc_unlockpt
++#define ptsname mc_ptsname
++#endif
++
+ #include "lib/global.h"
+ 
+ #include "lib/fileloc.h"
+diff --git a/configure b/configure
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -24408,10 +24408,10 @@
+   fi
+ 
+   if test -z "$ac_list_mounted_fs"; then
+-    as_fn_error $? "could not determine how to read list of mounted file systems" "$LINENO" 5
+-    # FIXME -- no need to abort building the whole package
+-    # Can't build mountlist.c or anything that needs its functions
++    { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: could not determine how to read list of mounted file systems" >&5
++printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: could not determine how to read list of mounted file systems" >&2; }
++    ac_list_mounted_fs=missing
+   fi
+ 
+   if test $ac_list_mounted_fs = found; then
+     gl_cv_list_mounted_fs=yes
+ 
diff --git a/recipes/tui/mc b/recipes/tui/mc
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..49b52c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/tui/mc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../local/recipes/tui/mc
\ No newline at end of file