diff --git a/linux_container.go b/linux_container.go
index fffd7c67..a5eb9a98 100644
--- a/linux_container.go
+++ b/linux_container.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func (c *linuxContainer) StartProcess(config *ProcessConfig) (int, error) {
 
 	if state != configs.Destroyed {
 		glog.Info("start new container process")
-		return namespaces.ExecIn(config.Args, config.Env, cmd, c.config, c.state)
+		return namespaces.ExecIn(config.Args, config.Env, config.Console, cmd, c.config, c.state)
 	}
 
 	if err := c.startInitProcess(cmd, config); err != nil {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (c *linuxContainer) updateStateFile() error {
 }
 
 func (c *linuxContainer) startInitProcess(cmd *exec.Cmd, config *ProcessConfig) error {
-	err := namespaces.Exec(config.Args, config.Env, cmd, c.config, c.cgroupManager, c.state)
+	err := namespaces.Exec(config.Args, config.Env, config.Console, cmd, c.config, c.cgroupManager, c.state)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/namespaces/exec.go b/namespaces/exec.go
index f9526c22..0fd31be0 100644
--- a/namespaces/exec.go
+++ b/namespaces/exec.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 // Move this to libcontainer package.
 // Exec performs setup outside of a namespace so that a container can be
 // executed.  Exec is a high level function for working with container namespaces.
-func Exec(args []string, env []string, command *exec.Cmd, container *configs.Config, cgroupManager cgroups.Manager, state *configs.State) error {
+func Exec(args []string, env []string, console string, command *exec.Cmd, container *configs.Config, cgroupManager cgroups.Manager, state *configs.State) error {
 	var err error
 
 	// create a pipe so that we can syncronize with the namespaced process and
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ func Exec(args []string, env []string, command *exec.Cmd, container *configs.Con
 	}
 
 	process := processArgs{
-		Env:  append(env[0:], container.Env...),
-		Args: args,
+		Env:         append(env[0:], container.Env...),
+		Args:        args,
+		ConsolePath: console,
 	}
 	if err := encoder.Encode(process); err != nil {
 		return terminate(err)
diff --git a/namespaces/execin.go b/namespaces/execin.go
index 5d2708ac..9b5b42c0 100644
--- a/namespaces/execin.go
+++ b/namespaces/execin.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 // ExecIn reexec's cmd with _LIBCONTAINER_INITPID=PID so that it is able to run the
 // setns code in a single threaded environment joining the existing containers' namespaces.
-func ExecIn(args []string, env []string, cmd *exec.Cmd, container *configs.Config, state *configs.State) (int, error) {
+func ExecIn(args []string, env []string, console string, cmd *exec.Cmd, container *configs.Config, state *configs.State) (int, error) {
 	var err error
 
 	parent, child, err := newInitPipe()
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ func ExecIn(args []string, env []string, cmd *exec.Cmd, container *configs.Confi
 	}
 
 	process := processArgs{
-		Env:  append(env[0:], container.Env...),
-		Args: args,
+		Env:         append(env[0:], container.Env...),
+		Args:        args,
+		ConsolePath: console,
 	}
 	if err := encoder.Encode(process); err != nil {
 		return terminate(err)
diff --git a/process.go b/process.go
index 924de2ec..cd72b129 100644
--- a/process.go
+++ b/process.go
@@ -21,4 +21,7 @@ type ProcessConfig struct {
 	Stdin  io.Reader
 	Stdout io.Writer
 	Stderr io.Writer
+
+	// Console is the path to the pty slave for use by the master
+	Console string
 }