diff --git a/src/console/ptyc_console_reader.c b/src/console/ptyc_console_reader.c
index 75547b5..44287ec 100644
--- a/src/console/ptyc_console_reader.c
+++ b/src/console/ptyc_console_reader.c
@@ -14,6 +14,48 @@
 
 typedef nt_unicode_conversion_params_utf16_to_utf8 uc_conv_params;
 
+static size_t ptyc_repeat(unsigned char * ch, size_t n, uint16_t count)
+{
+	unsigned char * dst;
+	int		i;
+
+	if (!--count)
+		return n;
+
+	if (n == 1) {
+		for (i=count, dst=&ch[n]; i; i--) {
+			dst[0] = ch[0];
+			dst = &dst[n];
+		}
+
+	} else if (n == 2) {
+		for (i=count, dst=&ch[n]; i; i--) {
+			dst[0] = ch[0];
+			dst[1] = ch[1];
+			dst = &dst[n];
+		}
+
+	} else if (n == 3) {
+		for (i=count, dst=&ch[n]; i; i--) {
+			dst[0] = ch[0];
+			dst[1] = ch[1];
+			dst[2] = ch[2];
+			dst = &dst[n];
+		}
+
+	} else if (n == 4) {
+		for (i=count, dst=&ch[n]; i; i--) {
+			dst[0] = ch[0];
+			dst[1] = ch[1];
+			dst[2] = ch[2];
+			dst[3] = ch[3];
+			dst = &dst[n];
+		}
+	}
+
+	return n*count;
+}
+
 static size_t ptyc_translate_keyboard_event(
 	nt_input_record *	rec,
 	unsigned char *		ch,
@@ -57,7 +99,10 @@ static size_t ptyc_translate_keyboard_event(
 	ntapi->uc_convert_unicode_stream_utf16_to_utf8(
 		&params);
 
-	return params.bytes_written;
+	return ptyc_repeat(
+		ch,
+		params.bytes_written,
+		rec->key_event.repeat_count);
 }
 
 static size_t ptyc_translate_mouse_event(