diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ff86de882..c186d9a06 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ docker pull base
 docker run -i -t base /bin/bash
 ```
 
+Detaching from the interactive shell
+------------------------------------
+```
+# In order to detach without killing the shell, you can use the escape sequence Ctrl-p + Ctrl-q
+# Note: this works only in tty mode (run with -t option).
+```
 
 Starting a long-running worker process
 --------------------------------------
diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index e5b2d0af4..f180c7559 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -255,7 +255,11 @@ func (container *Container) Attach(stdin io.ReadCloser, stdinCloser io.Closer, s
 				if container.Config.StdinOnce && !container.Config.Tty {
 					defer cStdin.Close()
 				}
-				_, err := io.Copy(cStdin, stdin)
+				if container.Config.Tty {
+					_, err = CopyEscapable(cStdin, stdin)
+				} else {
+					_, err = io.Copy(cStdin, stdin)
+				}
 				if err != nil {
 					Debugf("[error] attach stdin: %s\n", err)
 				}
diff --git a/term/termios_linux.go b/term/termios_linux.go
index 5275ba87f..92f21edde 100644
--- a/term/termios_linux.go
+++ b/term/termios_linux.go
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ void MakeRaw(int fd) {
   ioctl(fd, TCGETS, &t);
 
   t.c_iflag &= ~(IGNBRK | BRKINT | PARMRK | ISTRIP | INLCR | IGNCR | ICRNL | IXON);
-  t.c_lflag &= ~(ECHO | ECHONL | ICANON | IEXTEN);
+  t.c_oflag &= ~OPOST;
+  t.c_lflag &= ~(ECHO | ECHONL | ICANON | IEXTEN | ISIG);
   t.c_cflag &= ~(CSIZE | PARENB);
   t.c_cflag |= CS8;
 
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 5ee84239b..68e12b20b 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -341,3 +341,46 @@ func TruncateId(id string) string {
 	}
 	return id[:shortLen]
 }
+
+// Code c/c from io.Copy() modified to handle escape sequence
+func CopyEscapable(dst io.Writer, src io.ReadCloser) (written int64, err error) {
+	buf := make([]byte, 32*1024)
+	for {
+		nr, er := src.Read(buf)
+		if nr > 0 {
+			// ---- Docker addition
+			// char 16 is C-p
+			if nr == 1 && buf[0] == 16 {
+				nr, er = src.Read(buf)
+				// char 17 is C-q
+				if nr == 1 && buf[0] == 17 {
+					if err := src.Close(); err != nil {
+						return 0, err
+					}
+					return 0, io.EOF
+				}
+			}
+			// ---- End of docker
+			nw, ew := dst.Write(buf[0:nr])
+			if nw > 0 {
+				written += int64(nw)
+			}
+			if ew != nil {
+				err = ew
+				break
+			}
+			if nr != nw {
+				err = io.ErrShortWrite
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if er == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if er != nil {
+			err = er
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return written, err
+}