diff -rup winsup/cygwin/orig/fhandler.h winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
--- winsup/cygwin/orig/fhandler.h	2016-03-10 17:30:40.000000000 +0000
+++ winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h	2016-03-14 13:08:14.545958400 +0000
@@ -1352,6 +1352,8 @@ class dev_console
   bool ext_mouse_mode15;
   bool use_focus;
   bool raw_win32_keyboard_mode;
+  char cons_rabuf[40];
+  char * cons_rapoi;
 
   inline UINT get_console_cp ();
   DWORD con_to_str (char *d, int dlen, WCHAR w);
@@ -1449,6 +1451,7 @@ private:
   int init (HANDLE, DWORD, mode_t);
   bool mouse_aware (MOUSE_EVENT_RECORD& mouse_event);
   bool focus_aware () {return shared_console_info->con.use_focus;}
+  bool get_cons_readahead_valid () { return shared_console_info->con.cons_rapoi != 0; }
 
   select_record *select_read (select_stuff *);
   select_record *select_write (select_stuff *);
diff -rup winsup/cygwin/orig/fhandler_console.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc
--- winsup/cygwin/orig/fhandler_console.cc	2016-01-12 14:39:52.000000000 +0000
+++ winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc	2016-03-15 13:12:29.273612200 +0000
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ fhandler_console::setup ()
 	  con.meta_mask |= RIGHT_ALT_PRESSED;
 	con.set_default_attr ();
 	con.backspace_keycode = CERASE;
+	con.cons_rapoi = 0;
 	shared_console_info->tty_min_state.is_console = true;
       }
 }
@@ -310,6 +311,14 @@ fhandler_console::read (void *pv, size_t
   int ch;
   set_input_state ();
 
+  /* Check console read-ahead buffer filled from terminal requests */
+  if (con.cons_rapoi && * con.cons_rapoi)
+    {
+      * buf = * con.cons_rapoi ++;
+      buflen = 1;
+      return;
+    }
+
   int copied_chars = get_readahead_into_buffer (buf, buflen);
 
   if (copied_chars)
@@ -1899,8 +1908,12 @@ fhandler_console::char_command (char c)
 	strcpy (buf, "\033[?6c");
       /* The generated report needs to be injected for read-ahead into the
 	 fhandler_console object associated with standard input.
-	 The current call does not work. */
-      puts_readahead (buf);
+	 So puts_readahead does not work. */
+      //puts_readahead (buf);
+      /* Use a common console read-ahead buffer instead. */
+      con.cons_rapoi = 0;
+      strcpy (con.cons_rabuf, buf);
+      con.cons_rapoi = con.cons_rabuf;
       break;
     case 'n':
       switch (con.args[0])
@@ -1910,7 +1923,10 @@ fhandler_console::char_command (char c)
 	  y -= con.b.srWindow.Top;
 	  /* x -= con.b.srWindow.Left;		// not available yet */
 	  __small_sprintf (buf, "\033[%d;%dR", y + 1, x + 1);
-	  puts_readahead (buf);
+	  //puts_readahead (buf);
+	  con.cons_rapoi = 0;
+	  strcpy (con.cons_rabuf, buf);
+	  con.cons_rapoi = con.cons_rabuf;
 	  break;
       default:
 	  goto bad_escape;
diff -rup winsup/cygwin/orig/select.cc winsup/cygwin/select.cc
--- winsup/cygwin/orig/select.cc	2016-02-18 13:10:46.000000000 +0000
+++ winsup/cygwin/select.cc	2016-03-14 13:09:07.661269400 +0000
@@ -845,6 +845,12 @@ peek_console (select_record *me, bool)
   if (!me->read_selected)
     return me->write_ready;
 
+  if (fh->get_cons_readahead_valid ())
+    {
+      select_printf ("cons_readahead");
+      return me->read_ready = true;
+    }
+
   if (fh->get_readahead_valid ())
     {
       select_printf ("readahead");