diff --git a/Jamrules b/Jamrules
index 8c1b72374e..45c8a9b081 100644
--- a/Jamrules
+++ b/Jamrules
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ if $(DEBUG) {
 KERNEL_CCFLAGS ?= "-Wall -Wno-multichar -Wmissing-prototypes -finline -nostdinc" ;
 KERNEL_CCFLAGS += "-fno-builtin -D$(OBOS_TARGET_DEFINE) " ;
 KERNEL_CCFLAGS += "-DBOCHS_E9_HACK=$(BOCHS_E9_HACK) " ;
+KERNEL_CCFLAGS += "-DBOCHS_INPUT_HACK=$(BOCHS_INPUT_HACK) " ;
 
 # Instructs the Library rule to not make its object files temporary.
 # This is need as some objects are used in a static library and for an
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c72d47bdb2..33a7dd97dc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -90,5 +90,6 @@ cat << EOF > BuildConfig
 FLOPPY_PATH		?= "$floppy" ;
 GCC_PATH		?= ${GCC_PATH} ;
 BOCHS_E9_HACK	?= $bochs_debug ;
+BOCHS_INPUT_HACK	?= $bochs_debug ;
 EOF
 
diff --git a/src/kernel/core/arch/x86/arch_dbg_console.c b/src/kernel/core/arch/x86/arch_dbg_console.c
index bfd13042b1..228b79bc2b 100755
--- a/src/kernel/core/arch/x86/arch_dbg_console.c
+++ b/src/kernel/core/arch/x86/arch_dbg_console.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 //#define BOCHS_E9_HACK 0
-#define BOCHS_INPUT_HACK 0
+//#define BOCHS_INPUT_HACK 0
 
 // Select between COM1 and COM2 for debug output
 #define USE_COM1 1