diff --git a/getty.c b/getty.c
index 21d778df..cfff72a7 100644
--- a/getty.c
+++ b/getty.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
+#include <sys/ttydefaults.h>	/* Not included by default in musl libc */
 #include <termios.h>
 
 #include "finit.h"
@@ -73,15 +74,35 @@ static void stty(int fd, speed_t speed)
 	cfsetispeed(&term, speed);
 	cfsetospeed(&term, speed);
 	tcsetattr(fd, TCSAFLUSH, &term);
-
 	tcflush(fd, TCIOFLUSH);
 
+	/* Disable modem specific flags */
+	term.c_cflag     &= (0|CSTOPB|PARENB|PARODD);
+	term.c_cflag     &= ~CRTSCTS;
+	term.c_cflag     |= CLOCAL;
+
+	/* Timeouts, minimum chars and default flags */
+	term.c_cc[VTIME]  = 0;
+	term.c_cc[VMIN]   = 1;
+	term.c_iflag      = ICRNL|IXON|IXOFF;
+	term.c_oflag      = OPOST|ONLCR;
+	term.c_cflag     |= CS8|CREAD|HUPCL|CBAUDEX;
+	term.c_lflag     |= ISIG|ICANON|ECHO|ECHOE|ECHOK|ECHOKE;
+
+	/* Reset special characters to defaults */
+	term.c_cc[VINTR]  = CTRL('C');
+	term.c_cc[VQUIT]  = CTRL('\\');
+	term.c_cc[VEOF]   = CTRL('D');
+	term.c_cc[VEOL]   = '\n';
+	term.c_cc[VKILL]  = CTRL('U');
+	term.c_cc[VERASE] = CERASE;
+	tcsetattr(fd, TCSANOW, &term);
+
 	/* Clear screen in silent mode */
 	if (silent)
 		print("\033[r\033[H\033[J");
 }
 
-
 /*
  * Parse and display a line from /etc/issue
  */