diff --git a/common/console.c b/common/console.c
index 99f1724..da3c53d 100755
--- a/common/console.c
+++ b/common/console.c
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@
 
 int getc (void)
 {
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_BLOCK_INPUT
+	return -1;
+#else
 	if (gd->flags & GD_FLG_DEVINIT) {
 		/* Get from the standard input */
 		return fgetc (stdin);
@@ -169,6 +173,7 @@
 
 	/* Send directly to the handler */
 	return serial_getc ();
+#endif
 }
 
 int tstc (void)
diff --git a/include/953x.h b/include/953x.h
index 3fd411e..c293ae5 100755
--- a/include/953x.h
+++ b/include/953x.h
@@ -3491,6 +3491,7 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_BOOTDELAY	0	/* autoboot w/o delay	*/
 #define CONFIG_SYS_CTRLC_IGNORE	1	/* shutdown ctrl-c backdoor to enter interactive mode */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_BLOCK_INPUT	1	/* block uboot getc(console input) */
 
 #define CONFIG_BAUDRATE		115200
 #define CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE	{115200}