Index: man/man1/dumpkeys.1.in
===================================================================
--- man/man1/dumpkeys.1.in.orig
+++ man/man1/dumpkeys.1.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 dumpkeys \- dump keyboard translation tables
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dumpkeys
+.RI [ \-C\ '<vc>' | \-\-console='<vc>' ]
 [
 .B \-hilfn
 .BI \-c charset
@@ -197,6 +198,12 @@ This option produces an output line `cha
 loadkeys how to interpret the keymap. (For example, "division" is
 0xf7 in iso-8859-1 but 0xba in iso-8859-8.)
 .LP
+The affected console device can be specified using the 
+.I -C 
+(or
+.I --console
+) option. This option supports exactly one device name.
+.LP
 .SH FILES
 .PD 0
 .TP 20
Index: src/dumpkeys.c
===================================================================
--- src/dumpkeys.c.orig
+++ src/dumpkeys.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 static int fd;
 static int verbose;
 static int nr_keys = 0;			/* probably 112, 128, 256 or 512 */
+static char * console;
 
 int keymap_index[MAX_NR_KEYMAPS];	/* inverse of good_keymap */
 int good_keymap[MAX_NR_KEYMAPS], keymapnr, allocct;
@@ -582,6 +583,8 @@ valid options are:\n\
 	   --funcs-only	    display only the function key strings\n\
 	   --keys-only	    display only key bindings\n\
 	   --compose-only   display only compose key combinations\n\
+	-C <vc>\n\
+	   --console=<vc>   Indicate the virtual console device to be used.\n\
 	-c --charset="));
 	list_charsets(stderr);
 	fprintf(stderr, _("\
@@ -593,7 +596,7 @@ valid options are:\n\
 
 int
 main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
-	const char *short_opts = "hilvsnf1S:c:V";
+	const char *short_opts = "hilvsnf1S:c:C:V";
 	const struct option long_opts[] = {
 		{ "help",	no_argument,		NULL, 'h' },
 		{ "short-info",	no_argument,		NULL, 'i' },
@@ -606,6 +609,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		{ "keys-only",	no_argument,		NULL, 'k' },
 		{ "compose-only",no_argument,		NULL, 'd' },
 		{ "charset",	required_argument,	NULL, 'c' },
+		{ "console",	required_argument,	NULL, 'C' },
 		{ "verbose",	no_argument,		NULL, 'v' },
 		{ "version",	no_argument,		NULL, 'V' },
 		{ NULL,	0, NULL, 0 }
@@ -665,6 +669,9 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
 					usage();
 				printf("charset \"%s\"\n", optarg);
 				break;
+			case 'C':
+				console = optarg;
+				break;
 			case 'V':
 				print_version_and_exit();
 			case 'h':
@@ -676,7 +683,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	if (optind < argc)
 		usage();
 
-	fd = getfd(NULL);
+	fd = getfd(console);
 
 	find_nr_keys();