1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/player/main-fn-win.c b/player/main-fn-win.c
index 125b4116f8..9e46e4af5f 100644
--- a/player/main-fn-win.c
+++ b/player/main-fn-win.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "core.h"
 #include "osdep/io.h"
+#include "osdep/terminal.h"
 
 int wmain(int argc, wchar_t *argv[]);
 
@@ -9,6 +10,10 @@ int _dowildcard = 0;
 
 int wmain(int argc, wchar_t *argv[])
 {
+    // If started from the console wrapper (see osdep/win32-console-wrapper.c),
+    // attach to the console and set up the standard IO handles
+    terminal_try_attach();
+
     char **argv_u8 = talloc_zero_array(NULL, char*, argc + 1);
     for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++)
         argv_u8[i] = mp_to_utf8(argv_u8, argv[i]);