diff --git a/src/tests/apps/miniterminal/MiniView.cpp b/src/tests/apps/miniterminal/MiniView.cpp
index 1ee07e74fc..13917faaaf 100644
--- a/src/tests/apps/miniterminal/MiniView.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/apps/miniterminal/MiniView.cpp
@@ -317,10 +317,11 @@ MiniView::ExecuteShell(void *arg)
 		dup2(view->fSlaveFD, 0);
 		dup2(view->fSlaveFD, 1);
 		dup2(view->fSlaveFD, 2);
-		
+
 		view->fShellProcess = load_image(2, argv, (const char **)environ);
 		setpgid(view->fShellProcess, 0);
-		
+		tcsetpgrp(view->fSlaveFD, view->fShellProcess);
+
 		status_t return_code;
 		wait_for_thread(view->fShellProcess, &return_code);