diff --git a/src/console_gui.cpp b/src/console_gui.cpp
index 031a4900ad..dbf194d163 100644
--- a/src/console_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/console_gui.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 
 #include "table/strings.h"
 
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+#include <SDL_screenkeyboard.h>
+#endif
+
 static const uint ICON_HISTORY_SIZE       = 20;
 static const uint ICON_LINE_SPACING       =  2;
 static const uint ICON_RIGHT_BORDERWIDTH  = 10;
@@ -447,9 +451,25 @@ void IConsoleSwitch()
 {
 	switch (_iconsole_mode) {
 		case ICONSOLE_CLOSED:
-			new IConsoleWindow();
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+			{
+				char buf[1024] = "";
+				for (const IConsoleLine *print = IConsoleLine::Get(0); print != NULL; print = print->previous) {
+					if (print->buffer && print->buffer[0]) {
+						strncat(buf, print->buffer, sizeof(buf)-strlen(buf)-1);
+						strncat(buf, "\n", sizeof(buf)-strlen(buf)-1);
+					}
+				}
+				strncat(buf, "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n", sizeof(buf)-strlen(buf)-1); // Move all text to top
+				SDL_ANDROID_SetScreenKeyboardHintMesage(buf);
+				char text[512] = "";
+				SDL_ANDROID_GetScreenKeyboardTextInput(text, sizeof(text) - 1); /* Invoke Android built-in screen keyboard */
+				IConsoleCmdExec(text);
+			}
+#else
+		new IConsoleWindow();
+#endif
 			break;
-
 		case ICONSOLE_OPENED: case ICONSOLE_FULL:
 			DeleteWindowById(WC_CONSOLE, 0);
 			break;