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
+    }
 }