diff --git a/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/main.rs b/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/main.rs
index eb4f9add..d7d4abb8 100644
--- a/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/main.rs
+++ b/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/main.rs
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ fn handle_event(
 
     for (handle_id, handle) in scheme.handles.iter_mut() {
         let handle = match handle {
-            Handle::SchemeRoot => continue,
+            Handle::SchemeRoot | Handle::Scrollback(_) => continue,
             Handle::Vt(handle) => handle,
         };
 
diff --git a/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/scheme.rs b/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/scheme.rs
index 1bee134e..b31ee2e3 100644
--- a/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/scheme.rs
+++ b/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/scheme.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ pub struct FdHandle {
 pub enum Handle {
     Vt(FdHandle),
     SchemeRoot,
+    Scrollback(VtIndex),
 }
 
 pub struct FbconScheme {
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ impl FbconScheme {
     fn get_vt_handle_mut(&mut self, id: usize) -> Result<&mut FdHandle> {
         match self.handles.get_mut(id)? {
             Handle::Vt(handle) => Ok(handle),
-            Handle::SchemeRoot => Err(Error::new(EBADF)),
+            Handle::SchemeRoot | Handle::Scrollback(_) => Err(Error::new(EBADF)),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -92,8 +93,17 @@ impl SchemeSync for FbconScheme {
             return Err(Error::new(EACCES));
         }
 
-        let vt_i = VtIndex(path_str.parse::<usize>().map_err(|_| Error::new(ENOENT))?);
+        let (vt_str, is_scrollback) = if let Some(stripped) = path_str.strip_suffix("/scrollback") {
+            (stripped, true)
+        } else {
+            (path_str, false)
+        };
+        let vt_i = VtIndex(vt_str.parse::<usize>().map_err(|_| Error::new(ENOENT))?);
         if self.vts.contains_key(&vt_i) {
+            if is_scrollback {
+                let id = self.handles.insert(Handle::Scrollback(vt_i));
+                return Ok(OpenResult::ThisScheme { number: id, flags: NewFdFlags::empty() });
+            }
             let id = self.handles.insert(Handle::Vt(FdHandle {
                 vt_i,
                 flags: flags | fcntl_flags as usize,
@@ -150,23 +160,31 @@ impl SchemeSync for FbconScheme {
         _fcntl_flags: u32,
         _ctx: &CallerCtx,
     ) -> Result<usize> {
-        let handle = match self.handles.get(id)? {
-            Handle::Vt(handle) => Ok(handle),
-            Handle::SchemeRoot => Err(Error::new(EBADF)),
-        }?;
-
-        if let Some(screen) = self.vts.get_mut(&handle.vt_i) {
-            if !screen.can_read() {
-                if handle.flags & O_NONBLOCK != 0 {
-                    Err(Error::new(EAGAIN))
+        let handle = self.handles.get(id)?;
+        match handle {
+            Handle::Vt(handle) => {
+                let vt_i = handle.vt_i;
+                if let Some(screen) = self.vts.get_mut(&vt_i) {
+                    if !screen.can_read() {
+                        Err(Error::new(EAGAIN))
+                    } else {
+                        screen.read(buf)
+                    }
                 } else {
-                    Err(Error::new(EAGAIN))
+                    Err(Error::new(EBADF))
                 }
-            } else {
-                screen.read(buf)
             }
-        } else {
-            Err(Error::new(EBADF))
+            Handle::Scrollback(vt_i) => {
+                if let Some(screen) = self.vts.get(&vt_i) {
+                    let data = screen.read_scrollback();
+                    let to_copy = data.len().min(buf.len());
+                    buf[..to_copy].copy_from_slice(&data[..to_copy]);
+                    Ok(to_copy)
+                } else {
+                    Err(Error::new(EBADF))
+                }
+            }
+            Handle::SchemeRoot => Err(Error::new(EBADF)),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/text.rs b/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/text.rs
index 8a24bbeb..8c85bf77 100644
--- a/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/text.rs
+++ b/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/text.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@ use syscall::error::*;
 
 use crate::display::Display;
 
+const SCROLLBACK_LINES: usize = 1000;
+
 pub struct TextScreen {
     pub display: Display,
     inner: console_draw::TextScreen,
     ctrl: bool,
     input: VecDeque<u8>,
+    scrollback: VecDeque<Vec<u8>>,
+    scroll_pos: usize,
 }
 
 impl TextScreen {
@@ -19,6 +23,8 @@ impl TextScreen {
             inner: console_draw::TextScreen::new(),
             ctrl: false,
             input: VecDeque::new(),
+            scrollback: VecDeque::with_capacity(SCROLLBACK_LINES),
+            scroll_pos: 0,
         }
     }
 
@@ -126,9 +132,26 @@ impl TextScreen {
 
             let damage = self.inner.write(map, buf, &mut self.input);
 
+            for line in buf.split(|&b| b == b'\n') {
+                let mut v = line.to_vec();
+                v.push(b'\n');
+                self.scrollback.push_back(v);
+            }
+            while self.scrollback.len() > SCROLLBACK_LINES {
+                self.scrollback.pop_front();
+            }
+
             self.display.sync_rect(damage);
         }
 
         Ok(buf.len())
     }
+
+    pub fn read_scrollback(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut result = Vec::new();
+        for line in &self.scrollback {
+            result.extend_from_slice(line);
+        }
+        result
+    }
 }