diff --git a/crypto/ui/ui_openssl.c b/crypto/ui/ui_openssl.c
index 63dc3713e45d778505470e5e5df54c91e2592718..bb66291ad5906f089701eeb2a0d63fb41c3532f9 100644
--- a/crypto/ui/ui_openssl.c
+++ b/crypto/ui/ui_openssl.c
@@ -436,9 +436,14 @@ static int open_console(UI *ui)
 	tty_in=stdin;
 	tty_out=stderr;
 #else
-	if ((tty_in=fopen("/dev/tty","r")) == NULL)
+#  ifdef OPENSSL_SYS_MSDOS
+#    define DEV_TTY "con"
+#  else
+#    define DEV_TTY "/dev/tty"
+#  endif
+	if ((tty_in=fopen(DEV_TTY,"r")) == NULL)
 		tty_in=stdin;
-	if ((tty_out=fopen("/dev/tty","w")) == NULL)
+	if ((tty_out=fopen(DEV_TTY,"w")) == NULL)
 		tty_out=stderr;
 #endif