diff --git a/test/tenv/chrootsetup.sh b/test/tenv/chrootsetup.sh
index f465e897..a54facdb 100755
--- a/test/tenv/chrootsetup.sh
+++ b/test/tenv/chrootsetup.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ fi
 mkdir -p "$FINIT_RCSD"
 
 tty=/dev/$(cat /sys/class/tty/console/active)
-mkfifo "$tty"
+ln -fs /shared/pts "$tty"
 
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/test/tenv/lib.sh b/test/tenv/lib.sh
index 444cac5a..9a0d382a 100755
--- a/test/tenv/lib.sh
+++ b/test/tenv/lib.sh
@@ -138,7 +138,3 @@ echo "$finit_ppid" > "$TENV_ROOT"/running_test.pid
 log "$color_reset" 'Setup of test environment done' ''
 
 finit_pid=$(retry "pgrep -P $finit_ppid")
-
-tty=/dev/$(texec cat /sys/class/tty/console/active)
-texec cat "$tty" &
-sleep 1
diff --git a/test/tenv/root.mk b/test/tenv/root.mk
index 7469dcf9..235c3224 100644
--- a/test/tenv/root.mk
+++ b/test/tenv/root.mk
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ binaries = $(DEST)/bin/cat \
 	$(DEST)/bin/env \
 	$(DEST)/bin/find \
 	$(DEST)/bin/kill \
+	$(DEST)/bin/ln \
 	$(DEST)/bin/ls \
 	$(DEST)/bin/mkdir \
 	$(DEST)/bin/mkfifo \
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ dirs = $(DEST)/bin \
 	$(DEST)/etc \
 	$(DEST)/proc \
 	$(DEST)/sbin \
+	$(DEST)/shared \
 	$(DEST)/sys \
 	$(DEST)/test_assets \
 	$(DEST)/tmp
diff --git a/test/tenv/start.sh b/test/tenv/start.sh
index 63558444..6c3d7bb0 100755
--- a/test/tenv/start.sh
+++ b/test/tenv/start.sh
@@ -45,4 +45,7 @@ exec "$unshare" \
     --mount \
     --mount-proc \
     --uts --ipc --net \
-    "$chroot" "$TENV_ROOT" /bin/chrootsetup.sh "$@"
+    sh -c "
+        ln -fs /proc/1/fd/1 $TENV_ROOT/shared/pts;
+        exec $chroot $TENV_ROOT /bin/chrootsetup.sh $*
+    "