diff --git a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs-hook-console-shell/APKBUILD b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs-hook-console-shell/APKBUILD
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+++ b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs-hook-console-shell/APKBUILD
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+# Maintainer: Ferenc Bakonyi <bakonyi.ferenc@gmail.com>
+pkgname=postmarketos-mkinitfs-hook-console-shell
+pkgver=0.1
+pkgrel=0
+pkgdesc="Root console shell in the initramfs (security hole, for debugging only)"
+url="https://postmarketos.org"
+depends="postmarketos-mkinitfs fbdebug evtest linuxconsoletools reboot-mode fbkeyboard"
+source="console-shell.sh console-shell.files"
+arch="noarch"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+options="!check" # No tests
+
+package() {
+	mkdir -p "$pkgdir"/etc/postmarketos-mkinitfs/hooks/
+	install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/console-shell.sh \
+		"$pkgdir"/etc/postmarketos-mkinitfs/hooks/30-console-shell.sh
+	install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/console-shell.files \
+		"$pkgdir"/etc/postmarketos-mkinitfs/files/30-console-shell.files
+}
+
+sha512sums="3a991e598c5c5d8f4750346f5edc113238ea3f90f47b22855d94a84aca35993490a4a1a0be3c4558c94a070eb9b5761bfe268dd5a5bcf6617b4da77d274fa771  console-shell.sh
+4c64724c1ecadb831d2900cf98b04ca4f7cbae57c1868a82d5c89333a071dbc29527462f5a724afc95c4ddcc9d40e8601476f830632474cb93788d93e2d59896  console-shell.files"
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs-hook-console-shell/console-shell.files b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs-hook-console-shell/console-shell.files
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+++ b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs-hook-console-shell/console-shell.files
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+/usr/bin/evtest
+/usr/bin/fbkeyboard
+/usr/bin/fftest
+/usr/sbin/fbdebug
+/usr/sbin/reboot-mode
+/usr/share/fonts/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs-hook-console-shell/console-shell.sh b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs-hook-console-shell/console-shell.sh
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+++ b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs-hook-console-shell/console-shell.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+. /etc/deviceinfo
+. ./init_functions.sh
+
+# mount pstore, if possible
+if [ -d /sys/fs/pstore ]; then
+	mount -t pstore pstore /sys/fs/pstore || true
+fi
+
+if tty -s; then
+	tty=/dev/tty0
+	rows=$(stty -F $tty size | awk '{print $1}')
+	stty -F $tty rows $(($rows * 2 / 3))
+	fbkeyboard &
+	echo "Exit the shell to continue booting:" > $tty
+	sh +m <$tty >$tty 2>$tty
+	pkill -f fbkeyboard
+	stty -F $tty rows $rows
+else
+	echo "No tty attached, exiting."
+fi