diff --git a/libgui/qterminal/libqterminal/win32/QWinTerminalImpl.cpp b/libgui/qterminal/libqterminal/win32/QWinTerminalImpl.cpp
--- a/libgui/qterminal/libqterminal/win32/QWinTerminalImpl.cpp
+++ b/libgui/qterminal/libqterminal/win32/QWinTerminalImpl.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <cstring>
 
+#include <iostream>
+
 #include "QWinTerminalImpl.h"
 #include "QTerminalColors.h"
 
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@
   void monitorConsole (void);
   void startCommand (void);
   void sendConsoleText (const QString& s);
+  QRect cursorRect (void);
 
   void log (const char* fmt, ...);
 
@@ -126,6 +129,9 @@
   QSize m_bufferSize;
   QRect m_consoleRect;
   QPoint m_cursorPos;
+  bool m_cursorBlinking;
+  bool m_hasBlinkingCursor;
+  QTimer *m_blinkCursorTimer;
 
   HANDLE m_stdOut;
   HWND m_consoleWindow;
@@ -137,12 +143,16 @@
   QScrollBar* m_scrollBar;
   QTimer* m_consoleWatcher;
   QConsoleThread *m_consoleThread;
+
+  // The delay in milliseconds between redrawing blinking text.
+  static const int BLINK_DELAY = 500;
 };
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 QConsolePrivate::QConsolePrivate (QWinTerminalImpl* parent, const QString& cmd)
-    : q (parent), m_command (cmd), m_process (NULL), m_inWheelEvent (false)
+  : q (parent), m_command (cmd), m_hasBlinkingCursor (true),
+    m_process (NULL), m_inWheelEvent (false)
 {
   log (NULL);
 
@@ -255,7 +265,11 @@
   m_consoleWatcher = new QTimer (parent);
   m_consoleWatcher->setInterval (10);
   m_consoleWatcher->setSingleShot (false);
-  
+
+  m_blinkCursorTimer = new QTimer (parent);
+  QObject::connect (m_blinkCursorTimer, SIGNAL (timeout()),
+                    q, SLOT (blinkCursorEvent ()));  
+
   QObject::connect (m_scrollBar, SIGNAL (valueChanged (int)),
                     q, SLOT (scrollValueChanged (int)));
   QObject::connect (m_consoleWatcher, SIGNAL (timeout (void)),
@@ -700,6 +714,17 @@
     }
 }
 
+QRect
+QConsolePrivate::cursorRect (void)
+{
+  int cw = m_charSize.width ();
+  int ch = m_charSize.height ();
+
+  return QRect ((m_cursorPos.x () - m_consoleRect.x ()) * cw,
+                (m_cursorPos.y () - m_consoleRect.y ()) * ch,
+                cw, ch);
+}
+
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 QWinTerminalImpl::QWinTerminalImpl (QWidget* parent)
@@ -812,11 +837,40 @@
         }
     }
 
-  // Draw cursor
-  p.setCompositionMode (QPainter::RasterOp_SourceXorDestination);
-  p.fillRect ((d->m_cursorPos.x () - d->m_consoleRect.x ()) * cw,
-              (d->m_cursorPos.y () - d->m_consoleRect.y ()) * ch,
-              cw, ch, d->m_colors[7]);
+  if (! d->m_cursorBlinking)
+    {
+      p.setCompositionMode (QPainter::RasterOp_SourceXorDestination);
+
+      p.fillRect (d->cursorRect (), d->m_colors[7]);
+    }
+}
+
+void QWinTerminalImpl::blinkCursorEvent (void)
+{
+  d->m_cursorBlinking = ! d->m_cursorBlinking;
+
+  update ();
+}
+
+void QWinTerminalImpl::setBlinkingCursor (bool blink)
+{
+  d->m_hasBlinkingCursor = blink;
+
+  setBlinkingCursorState (blink);
+}
+
+void QWinTerminalImpl::setBlinkingCursorState (bool blink)
+{
+  if (blink && ! d->m_blinkCursorTimer->isActive ())
+    d->m_blinkCursorTimer->start (d->BLINK_DELAY);
+
+  if (! blink && d->m_blinkCursorTimer->isActive ())
+    {
+      d->m_blinkCursorTimer->stop ();
+
+      if (d->m_cursorBlinking)
+        blinkCursorEvent ();
+    }
 }
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -871,9 +925,31 @@
 
 void QWinTerminalImpl::focusInEvent (QFocusEvent* event)
 {
+  setBlinkingCursorState (true);
+
   QWidget::focusInEvent (event);
 }
 
+void QWinTerminalImpl::focusOutEvent (QFocusEvent* event)
+{
+  setBlinkingCursorState (false);
+
+  QWidget::focusOutEvent (event);
+}
+
+void QWinTerminalImpl::keyPressEvent (QKeyEvent* event)
+{
+  if (d->m_hasBlinkingCursor)
+    {
+      d->m_blinkCursorTimer->start (d->BLINK_DELAY);
+
+      if (d->m_cursorBlinking)
+        blinkCursorEvent ();
+    }
+
+  QWidget::keyPressEvent (event);
+}
+
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 void QWinTerminalImpl::start (void)
@@ -888,6 +964,11 @@
   d->sendConsoleText (s);
 }
 
+void QWinTerminalImpl::setCursorType (CursorType /* type */, bool blinking)
+{
+  setBlinkingCursor (true);
+}
+
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 void QWinTerminalImpl::setTerminalFont (const QFont& f)
diff --git a/libgui/qterminal/libqterminal/win32/QWinTerminalImpl.h b/libgui/qterminal/libqterminal/win32/QWinTerminalImpl.h
--- a/libgui/qterminal/libqterminal/win32/QWinTerminalImpl.h
+++ b/libgui/qterminal/libqterminal/win32/QWinTerminalImpl.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "QTerminalInterface.h"
 class QFocusEvent;
 class QKeyEvent;
+class QPainter;
 class QPaintEvent;
 class QResizeEvent;
 class QWheelEvent;
@@ -51,10 +52,12 @@
   void setTerminalFont (const QFont& font);
   void setSize (int columns, int lines);
   void sendText (const QString& s);
+  void setCursorType (CursorType type, bool blinking);
 
 public slots:
   void copyClipboard (void);
   void pasteClipboard (void);
+  void blinkCursorEvent (void);
 
 signals:
   void terminated (void);
@@ -62,9 +65,13 @@
 
 protected:
   void viewPaintEvent (QConsoleView*, QPaintEvent*);
+  void setBlinkingCursor (bool blink);
+  void setBlinkingCursorState (bool blink);
   void viewResizeEvent (QConsoleView*, QResizeEvent*);
   void wheelEvent (QWheelEvent*);
   void focusInEvent (QFocusEvent*);
+  void focusOutEvent (QFocusEvent*);
+  void keyPressEvent (QKeyEvent*);
   bool winEvent (MSG*, long*);
   virtual void start (void);