diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 9dcde43..853d9f4 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ new features:
 	Added support for methods TLSv1, TLSv1.1, TLSv1.2, and DTLS1
 	Tests: OPENSSL_METHOD_*
 
+	Added a new option termios-rawer for ptys.
+	Thanks to Christian Vogelgsang for pointing me to this requirement
+
 corrections:
 	Bind with ABSTRACT commands used non-abstract namespace (Linux).
 	Test: ABSTRACT_BIND
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 8274c81..01d1876 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@ case "$UNAME" in
 #    ;;
 *)
     PTYOPTS="echo=0,opost=0"
-    PTYOPTS2="raw,echo=0"
+    #PTYOPTS2="raw,echo=0"
+    #PTYOPTS2="cfmakeraw"
+    PTYOPTS2="rawer"
     ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/xio-termios.c b/xio-termios.c
index 8d8d331..ce3346c 100644
--- a/xio-termios.c
+++ b/xio-termios.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: xio-termios.c */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2011 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger */
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
 /* this file contains the source for terminal I/O options */
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ const struct optdesc opt_veol2    = { "veol2",  "eol2",  OPT_VEOL2,    GROUP_TER
 
 const struct optdesc opt_raw      = { "raw",    NULL,    OPT_RAW,      GROUP_TERMIOS, PH_FD, TYPE_CONST, OFUNC_TERMIOS_SPEC };
 const struct optdesc opt_sane     = { "sane",   NULL,    OPT_SANE,     GROUP_TERMIOS, PH_FD, TYPE_CONST, OFUNC_TERMIOS_SPEC };
+const struct optdesc opt_termios_cfmakeraw = { "termios-cfmakeraw", "cfmakeraw", OPT_TERMIOS_CFMAKERAW, GROUP_TERMIOS, PH_FD, TYPE_CONST, OFUNC_TERMIOS_SPEC };
+const struct optdesc opt_termios_rawer     = { "termios-rawer",     "rawer",     OPT_TERMIOS_RAWER,     GROUP_TERMIOS, PH_FD, TYPE_CONST, OFUNC_TERMIOS_SPEC };
 
 #ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS_ISPEED
 #if defined(ISPEED_OFFSET) && (ISPEED_OFFSET != -1)
diff --git a/xio-termios.h b/xio-termios.h
index 7944c67..7fd3550 100644
--- a/xio-termios.h
+++ b/xio-termios.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: xio-termios.h */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2008 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger */
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
 #ifndef __xio_termios_h_included
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ extern const struct optdesc opt_sane;
 extern const struct optdesc opt_ispeed;
 extern const struct optdesc opt_ospeed;
 
+extern const struct optdesc opt_termios_rawer;
+
 #if _WITH_TERMIOS /* otherwise tcflag_t might be reported undefined */
 extern int xiotermios_setflag(int fd, int word, tcflag_t mask);
 extern int xiotermios_clrflag(int fd, int word, tcflag_t mask);
diff --git a/xioopts.c b/xioopts.c
index 13118e7..94015f1 100644
--- a/xioopts.c
+++ b/xioopts.c
@@ -1196,6 +1196,7 @@ const struct optname optionnames[] = {
 	IF_TERMIOS("quit",	&opt_vquit)
 	IF_RANGE  ("range",	&opt_range)
 	IF_TERMIOS("raw",	&opt_raw)
+	IF_TERMIOS("rawer",	&opt_termios_rawer)
 	IF_SOCKET ("rcvbuf",	&opt_so_rcvbuf)
 	IF_SOCKET ("rcvbuf-late",	&opt_so_rcvbuf_late)
 #ifdef SO_RCVLOWAT
@@ -1623,6 +1624,8 @@ const struct optname optionnames[] = {
 	IF_IPAPP  ("tcpwrapper",	&opt_tcpwrappers)
 	IF_IPAPP  ("tcpwrappers",	&opt_tcpwrappers)
 #endif
+	IF_TERMIOS("termios-cfmakeraw",	&opt_termios_cfmakeraw)
+	IF_TERMIOS("termios-rawer",	&opt_termios_rawer)
 #ifdef O_TEXT
 	IF_ANY    ("text",	&opt_o_text)
 #endif
@@ -3647,6 +3650,13 @@ int applyopts(int fd, struct opt *opts, enum e_phase phase) {
 	    termarg.c_cc[VMIN] = 1;
 	    termarg.c_cc[VTIME] = 0;
 	    break;
+	 case OPT_TERMIOS_RAWER:
+	    termarg.c_iflag = 0;
+	    termarg.c_oflag = 0;
+	    termarg.c_lflag = 0;
+	    termarg.c_cc[VMIN] = 1;
+	    termarg.c_cc[VTIME] = 0;
+	    break;
 	 case OPT_SANE:
 	    /* cread -ignbrk brkint  -inlcr  -igncr  icrnl
               -ixoff  -iuclc  -ixany  imaxbel opost -olcuc -ocrnl
diff --git a/xioopts.h b/xioopts.h
index f4853cd..ebcf315 100644
--- a/xioopts.h
+++ b/xioopts.h
@@ -785,6 +785,8 @@ enum e_optcode {
 #ifdef TCP_WINDOW_CLAMP
    OPT_TCP_WINDOW_CLAMP,	/* Linux 2.4.0 */
 #endif
+   OPT_TERMIOS_CFMAKERAW,	/* termios.cfmakeraw() */
+   OPT_TERMIOS_RAWER,
    OPT_TIOCSCTTY,
    OPT_TOSTOP,		/* termios.c_lflag */
    OPT_TUN_DEVICE,	/* tun: /dev/net/tun ... */