diff --git a/boot/boot-stage-2-init.sh b/boot/boot-stage-2-init.sh
index b7a95cae9f1..5eab996beb2 100644
--- a/boot/boot-stage-2-init.sh
+++ b/boot/boot-stage-2-init.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ done
 # More special file systems, initialise required directories.
 mount -t sysfs none /sys
 mount -t tmpfs -o "mode=0755" none /dev
+mkdir -m 0755 -p /dev/pts
+mount -t devpts none /dev/pts
 needWritableDir /tmp 01777
 needWritableDir /var 0755
 needWritableDir /nix/var 0755
diff --git a/upstart-jobs/udev-rules/50-udev.rules b/upstart-jobs/udev-rules/50-udev.rules
index 2bf58c19a13..b89ac321efb 100644
--- a/upstart-jobs/udev-rules/50-udev.rules
+++ b/upstart-jobs/udev-rules/50-udev.rules
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ KERNEL=="sonypi",               MODE="0666"
 KERNEL=="agpgart",              MODE="0600"
 
 
+# TTYs.
+KERNEL=="tty",                  NAME="%k", MODE="666", OPTIONS="last_rule"  # GROUP="tty"
+KERNEL=="ptmx",                 NAME="%k", MODE="666" # GROUP="tty"
+
+
 # Input devices go under /dev/input.
 KERNEL=="mouse*|mice",          NAME="input/%k", MODE="0640"
 KERNEL=="event*",               NAME="input/%k", MODE="0640"