diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/MonoCurses/mainloop.cs b/Terminal.Gui/MonoCurses/mainloop.cs
index daa13231d..633e9a702 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/MonoCurses/mainloop.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/MonoCurses/mainloop.cs
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ namespace Mono.Terminal {
 		{
 			while (true) {
 				waitForProbe.WaitOne ();
-				windowsKeyResult = Console.ReadKey ();
+				windowsKeyResult = Console.ReadKey (true);
 				keyReady.Set ();
 			}
 		}