diff --git a/host-shell.sh b/host-shell.sh
index e2c2196..129a6d2 100755
--- a/host-shell.sh
+++ b/host-shell.sh
@@ -9,9 +9,18 @@
 # The inner resolution runs ON THE HOST: flatpak-spawn forwards the sandbox
 # environment, so $SHELL would still point at this script — resolve the user's
 # real login shell from passwd instead and fix up $SHELL before exec'ing it.
+#
+# The PTY itself was allocated inside the sandbox (its own devpts instance),
+# so on the host the forwarded fd cannot be named (`tty` fails, no
+# controlling terminal, tools that open /dev/tty break). script(1) allocates a
+# second, host-side PTY for the shell and relays through the forwarded one;
+# util-linux >= 2.35 also passes window-size changes along.
 exec flatpak-spawn --host /bin/sh -c '
     shell="$(getent passwd "$(id -un)" | cut -d: -f7)"
     [ -x "$shell" ] || shell=/bin/sh
     export SHELL="$shell"
+    if command -v script >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        exec script -q -e -c "exec \"$shell\" -l" /dev/null
+    fi
     exec "$shell" -l
 '