diff --git a/src/conf.c b/src/conf.c
index c203f81..057fdd7 100644
--- a/src/conf.c
+++ b/src/conf.c
@@ -57,11 +57,13 @@ static void print_help()
 		"\t    --silent                  Suppress notices and warnings\n"
 		"\t-s, --switchvt                Automatically switch to VT\n"
 		"\n"
-		"Login Process Options:\n"
+		"Terminal Options:\n"
 		"\t-l, --login <login-process>   Start the given login process instead\n"
 		"\t                              of the default process; all following\n"
 		"\t                              arguments are passed as argv to this\n"
 		"\t                              process\n"
+		"\t-t, --term <TERM>             Value of the TERM environment variable\n"
+		"\t                              for the child process\n"
 		"\n"
 		"Input Device Options:\n"
 		"\t    --xkb-layout <layout>     Set XkbLayout for input devices\n"
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ static void print_help()
 int conf_parse_argv(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	int show_help = 0;
-	char short_options[] = ":hvsl:";
+	char short_options[] = ":hvsl:t:";
 	struct option long_options[] = {
 		{ "help", no_argument, NULL, 'h' },
 		{ "verbose", no_argument, NULL, 'v' },
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ int conf_parse_argv(int argc, char **argv)
 		{ "xkb-variant", required_argument, NULL, -2 },
 		{ "xkb-options", required_argument, NULL, -3 },
 		{ "login", required_argument, NULL, 'l' },
+		{ "term", required_argument, NULL, 't' },
 		{ NULL, 0, NULL, 0 },
 	};
 	int idx;
@@ -123,6 +126,9 @@ int conf_parse_argv(int argc, char **argv)
 			conf_global.login = optarg;
 			--optind;
 			goto done;
+		case 't':
+			conf_global.term = optarg;
+			break;
 		case ':':
 			fprintf(stderr, "Missing argument for option -%c\n",
 				optopt);
@@ -158,6 +164,9 @@ done:
 	if (!conf_global.xkb_options)
 		conf_global.xkb_options = "";
 
+	if (!conf_global.term)
+		conf_global.term = "linux";
+
 	if (show_help) {
 		print_help();
 		conf_global.exit = 1;
diff --git a/src/conf.h b/src/conf.h
index ed69845..b57fb9a 100644
--- a/src/conf.h
+++ b/src/conf.h
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ struct conf_obj {
 	const char *xkb_variant;
 	const char *xkb_options;
 
+	/* TERM value */
+	const char *term;
 	/* login process */
 	char *login;
 	/* argv for login process */
diff --git a/src/pty.c b/src/pty.c
index a596d78..87aab1b 100644
--- a/src/pty.c
+++ b/src/pty.c
@@ -110,16 +110,10 @@ void kmscon_pty_unref(struct kmscon_pty *pty)
 	free(pty);
 }
 
-/*
- * TODO:
- *   - Decide which terminal we're emulating and set TERM accordingly.
- *   - Decide what to exec here: login, some getty equivalent, a shell...
- *   - Might also need to update some details in utmp wtmp and friends.
- */
 static void __attribute__((noreturn))
 exec_child(int pty_master)
 {
-	setenv("TERM", "linux", 1);
+	setenv("TERM", conf_global.term, 1);
 	execvp(conf_global.login, conf_global.argv);
 
 	log_err("failed to exec child: %m");