diff --git a/gnu/build/linux-container.scm b/gnu/build/linux-container.scm
index af599040a1a123030ef232bad8021c32074e2106..c004303f035f58b9175f3a88a46c0883b5368e75 100644
--- a/gnu/build/linux-container.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/linux-container.scm
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ (define* (mount-file-systems root mounts #:key mount-/sys? mount-/proc?)
   (define (scope dir)
     (string-append root dir))
 
+  (define (touch file-name)
+    (call-with-output-file file-name (const #t)))
+
   (define (bind-mount src dest)
     (mount src dest "none" MS_BIND))
 
@@ -89,8 +92,7 @@ (define* (mount* source target type #:optional (flags 0) options
   (for-each (lambda (device)
               (when (file-exists? device)
                 ;; Create the mount point file.
-                (call-with-output-file (scope device)
-                  (const #t))
+                (touch (scope device))
                 (bind-mount device (scope device))))
             '("/dev/null"
               "/dev/zero"
@@ -101,6 +103,15 @@ (define* (mount* source target type #:optional (flags 0) options
               "/dev/ptmx"
               "/dev/fuse"))
 
+  ;; Setup the container's /dev/console by bind mounting the pseudo-terminal
+  ;; associated with standard input.
+  (let ((in      (current-input-port))
+        (console (scope "/dev/console")))
+    (when (isatty? in)
+      (touch console)
+      (chmod console #o600)
+      (bind-mount (ttyname in) console)))
+
   ;; Setup standard input/output/error.
   (symlink "/proc/self/fd"   (scope "/dev/fd"))
   (symlink "/proc/self/fd/0" (scope "/dev/stdin"))