diff --git a/lib/foreman/buffer.rb b/lib/foreman/buffer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b34f498d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/foreman/buffer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+ANSI_TOKEN = /\e\[(?:\??\d{1,4}(?:;\d{0,4})*)?[A-Za-z]/
+NEWLINE_TOKEN = /\n/
+TOKENIZER = Regexp.new("(#{ANSI_TOKEN}|#{NEWLINE_TOKEN})")
+
+class Buffer
+  @buffer = ''
+
+  def initialize(initial = '')
+    @buffer = initial
+  end
+
+  def each_token
+    remainder = ''
+    @buffer.split(TOKENIZER).each do |token|
+      if token.include?("\e") && !token.match(ANSI_TOKEN)
+        remainder << token
+      else
+        yield token unless token.empty?
+      end
+    end
+    @buffer = remainder
+  end
+
+  def gets
+    return nil unless @buffer.include?("\n")
+
+    line, @buffer = @buffer.split("\n", 2)
+    line
+  end
+
+  def write(data)
+    @buffer << data
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/foreman/cli.rb b/lib/foreman/cli.rb
index f0affefb..91bda63c 100644
--- a/lib/foreman/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/foreman/cli.rb
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ class Foreman::CLI < Foreman::Thor
 
   desc "start [PROCESS]", "Start the application (or a specific PROCESS)"
 
-  method_option :color,     :type => :boolean, :aliases => "-c", :desc => "Force color to be enabled"
-  method_option :env,       :type => :string,  :aliases => "-e", :desc => "Specify an environment file to load, defaults to .env"
-  method_option :formation, :type => :string,  :aliases => "-m", :banner => '"alpha=5,bar=3"', :desc => 'Specify what processes will run and how many. Default: "all=1"'
-  method_option :port,      :type => :numeric, :aliases => "-p"
-  method_option :timeout,   :type => :numeric, :aliases => "-t", :desc => "Specify the amount of time (in seconds) processes have to shutdown gracefully before receiving a SIGKILL, defaults to 5."
-  method_option :timestamp, :type => :boolean, :default => true, :desc => "Include timestamp in output"
+  method_option :color,       :type => :boolean, :aliases => "-c",  :desc => "Force color to be enabled"
+  method_option :env,         :type => :string,  :aliases => "-e",  :desc => "Specify an environment file to load, defaults to .env"
+  method_option :formation,   :type => :string,  :aliases => "-m",  :banner => '"alpha=5,bar=3"', :desc => 'Specify what processes will run and how many. Default: "all=1"'
+  method_option :interactive, :type => :string,  :aliases => "-i",  :desc => "Run a process interactively"
+  method_option :port,        :type => :numeric, :aliases => "-p"
+  method_option :timeout,     :type => :numeric, :aliases => "-t",  :desc => "Specify the amount of time (in seconds) processes have to shutdown gracefully before receiving a SIGKILL, defaults to 5."
+  method_option :timestamp,   :type => :boolean, :default => false, :desc => "Include timestamp in output"
 
   class << self
     # Hackery. Take the run method away from Thor so that we can redefine it.
diff --git a/lib/foreman/engine.rb b/lib/foreman/engine.rb
index a1316593..db47da83 100644
--- a/lib/foreman/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/foreman/engine.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require "foreman"
+require "foreman/buffer"
 require "foreman/env"
 require "foreman/process"
 require "foreman/procfile"
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ def initialize(options={})
     @options[:formation] ||= "all=1"
     @options[:timeout] ||= 5
 
+    @buffers   = {}
     @env       = {}
     @mutex     = Mutex.new
     @names     = {}
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@ def handle_signal_forward(signal)
   def register(name, command, options={})
     options[:env] ||= env
     options[:cwd] ||= File.dirname(command.split(" ").first)
+    options[:interactive] ||= @options[:interactive] == name
     process = Foreman::Process.new(command, options)
     @names[process] = name
     @processes << process
@@ -320,6 +323,10 @@ def name_for_index(process, index)
     [ @names[process], index.to_s ].compact.join(".")
   end
 
+  def process_for(reader)
+    @running[@readers.invert[reader]].first
+  end
+
   def parse_formation(formation)
     pairs = formation.to_s.gsub(/\s/, "").split(",")
 
@@ -350,13 +357,6 @@ def termination_message_for(status)
     end
   end
 
-  def flush_reader(reader)
-    until reader.eof?
-      data = reader.gets
-      output_with_mutex name_for(@readers.key(reader)), data
-    end
-  end
-
 ## Engine ###########################################################
 
   def spawn_processes
@@ -364,14 +364,19 @@ def spawn_processes
       1.upto(formation[@names[process]]) do |n|
         reader, writer = create_pipe
         begin
-          pid = process.run(:output => writer, :env => {
-            "PORT" => port_for(process, n).to_s,
-            "PS" => name_for_index(process, n)
-          })
+          pid = process.run(
+            input: process.interactive? ? $stdin : :close,
+            output: writer,
+            env: {
+              'PORT' => port_for(process, n).to_s,
+              'PS' => name_for_index(process, n)
+            }
+          )
           writer.puts "started with pid #{pid}"
         rescue Errno::ENOENT
           writer.puts "unknown command: #{process.command}"
         end
+        @buffers[reader] = Buffer.new
         @running[pid] = [process, n]
         @readers[pid] = reader
       end
@@ -395,11 +400,52 @@ def handle_io(readers)
       next if reader == @selfpipe[:reader]
 
       if reader.eof?
-        @readers.delete_if { |key, value| value == reader }
+        @buffers.delete(reader)
+        @readers.delete_if { |_key, value| value == reader }
+      elsif process_for(reader).interactive?
+        handle_io_interactive reader
       else
-        data = reader.gets
-        output_with_mutex name_for(@readers.invert[reader]), data
+        handle_io_noninteractive reader
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def handle_io_interactive(reader)
+    done = false
+    name = name_for(@readers.invert[reader])
+
+    output_partial prefix(name)
+
+    loop do
+      @buffers[reader].write(reader.read_nonblock(10))
+
+      @buffers[reader].each_token do |token|
+        case token
+        when /^\e\[(\d+)G$/
+          output_partial "\e[#{::Regexp.last_match(1).to_i + prefix(name).gsub(ANSI_TOKEN, "").length}G"
+        when ANSI_TOKEN
+          output_partial token
+        when "\n"
+          output_partial token
+          output_partial prefix(name)
+        else
+          output_partial token
+        end
+        done = (token == "\n")
       end
+    rescue IO::WaitReadable
+      retry if IO.select([reader], [], [], 1)
+      return if done
+    rescue EOFError
+    end
+  ensure
+    output_partial "\n"
+  end
+
+  def handle_io_noninteractive(reader)
+    @buffers[reader].write(reader.read_nonblock(10))
+    while line = @buffers[reader].gets
+      output_with_mutex name_for(@readers.invert[reader]), line
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/foreman/engine/cli.rb b/lib/foreman/engine/cli.rb
index 1cbc66f4..8a9476ce 100644
--- a/lib/foreman/engine/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/foreman/engine/cli.rb
@@ -55,19 +55,28 @@ def startup
 
   def output(name, data)
     data.to_s.lines.map(&:chomp).each do |message|
-      output  = ""
-      output += $stdout.color(@colors[name.split(".").first].to_sym)
-      output += "#{Time.now.strftime("%H:%M:%S")} " if options[:timestamp]
-      output += "#{pad_process_name(name)} | "
-      output += $stdout.color(:reset)
-      output += message
-      $stdout.puts output
+      $stdout.write prefix(name)
+      $stdout.puts message
       $stdout.flush
     end
   rescue Errno::EPIPE
     terminate_gracefully
   end
 
+  def output_partial(data)
+    $stdout.write data
+    $stdout.flush
+  end
+
+  def prefix(name)
+    output  = ''
+    output += $stdout.color(@colors[name.split('.').first].to_sym)
+    output += "#{Time.now.strftime('%H:%M:%S')} " if options[:timestamp]
+    output += "#{pad_process_name(name)} | "
+    output += $stdout.color(:reset)
+    output
+  end
+
   def shutdown
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/foreman/process.rb b/lib/foreman/process.rb
index ee3de948..f5d23d91 100644
--- a/lib/foreman/process.rb
+++ b/lib/foreman/process.rb
@@ -77,4 +77,7 @@ def cwd
     File.expand_path(@options[:cwd] || ".")
   end
 
+  def interactive?
+    @options[:interactive]
+  end
 end