diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dd70f94..97b3aad 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 option (BMCWEB_ENABLE_KVM "Enable KVM websocket interfaces" ON)
 option (BMCWEB_ENABLE_DBUS_REST "Enable rest dbus interfaces" ON)
 option (BMCWEB_ENABLE_REDFISH "Enable redfish interfaces" ON)
+option (BMCWEB_ENABLE_HOST_SERIAL_WEBSOCKET "Enable host serial websocket" ON)
 option (BMCWEB_ENABLE_STATIC_HOSTING "Enable hosting of static files.
        For example, redfish schema and webui files" ON)
 
diff --git a/include/obmc_console.hpp b/include/obmc_console.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a15004e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/obmc_console.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <crow/app.h>
+#include <crow/websocket.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+#include <boost/container/flat_map.hpp>
+#include <boost/container/flat_set.hpp>
+#include <webserver_common.hpp>
+
+namespace crow
+{
+namespace obmc_console
+{
+
+static std::unique_ptr<boost::asio::local::stream_protocol::socket> host_socket;
+
+static std::array<char, 4096> outputBuffer;
+static std::string inputBuffer;
+
+static boost::container::flat_set<crow::websocket::Connection*> sessions;
+
+static bool doingWrite = false;
+
+void doWrite()
+{
+    if (doingWrite)
+    {
+        BMCWEB_LOG_DEBUG << "Already writing.  Bailing out";
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (inputBuffer.empty())
+    {
+        BMCWEB_LOG_DEBUG << "Outbuffer empty.  Bailing out";
+        return;
+    }
+
+    doingWrite = true;
+    host_socket->async_write_some(
+        boost::asio::buffer(inputBuffer.data(), inputBuffer.size()),
+        [](boost::beast::error_code ec, std::size_t bytes_written) {
+            doingWrite = false;
+            inputBuffer.erase(0, bytes_written);
+
+            if (ec == boost::asio::error::eof)
+            {
+                for (auto session : sessions)
+                {
+                    session->close("Error in reading to host port");
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+            if (ec)
+            {
+                BMCWEB_LOG_ERROR << "Error in host serial write " << ec;
+                return;
+            }
+            doWrite();
+        });
+}
+
+void doRead()
+{
+    BMCWEB_LOG_DEBUG << "Reading from socket";
+    host_socket->async_read_some(
+        boost::asio::buffer(outputBuffer.data(), outputBuffer.size()),
+        [](const boost::system::error_code& ec, std::size_t bytesRead) {
+            BMCWEB_LOG_DEBUG << "read done.  Read " << bytesRead << " bytes";
+            if (ec)
+            {
+                BMCWEB_LOG_ERROR << "Couldn't read from host serial port: "
+                                 << ec;
+                for (auto session : sessions)
+                {
+                    session->close("Error in connecting to host port");
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+            boost::beast::string_view payload(outputBuffer.data(), bytesRead);
+            for (auto session : sessions)
+            {
+                session->sendText(payload);
+            }
+            doRead();
+        });
+}
+
+void connectHandler(const boost::system::error_code& ec)
+{
+    if (ec)
+    {
+        BMCWEB_LOG_ERROR << "Couldn't connect to host serial port: " << ec;
+        for (auto session : sessions)
+        {
+            session->close("Error in connecting to host port");
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    doWrite();
+    doRead();
+}
+
+void requestRoutes(CrowApp& app)
+{
+    BMCWEB_ROUTE(app, "/console0")
+        .websocket()
+        .onopen([](crow::websocket::Connection& conn) {
+            BMCWEB_LOG_DEBUG << "Connection " << &conn << " opened";
+
+            sessions.insert(&conn);
+            if (host_socket == nullptr)
+            {
+                const std::string consoleName("\0obmc-console", 13);
+                boost::asio::local::stream_protocol::endpoint ep(consoleName);
+
+                // This is a hack.  For whatever reason boost local endpoint has
+                // a check to see if a string is null terminated, and if it is,
+                // it drops the path character count by 1.  For abstract
+                // sockets, we need the count to be the full sizeof(s->sun_path)
+                // (ie 108), even though our path _looks_ like it's null
+                // terminated.  This is likely a bug in asio that needs to be
+                // submitted Todo(ed).  so the cheat here is to break the
+                // abstraction for a minute, write a 1 to the last byte, this
+                // causes the check at the end of resize here:
+                // https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_68_0/boost/asio/local/detail/impl/endpoint.ipp
+                // to not decrement us unesssesarily.
+                struct sockaddr_un* s =
+                    reinterpret_cast<sockaddr_un*>(ep.data());
+                s->sun_path[sizeof(s->sun_path) - 1] = 1;
+                ep.resize(sizeof(sockaddr_un));
+                s->sun_path[sizeof(s->sun_path) - 1] = 0;
+
+                host_socket = std::make_unique<
+                    boost::asio::local::stream_protocol::socket>(
+                    conn.getIoService());
+                host_socket->async_connect(ep, connectHandler);
+            }
+        })
+        .onclose(
+            [](crow::websocket::Connection& conn, const std::string& reason) {
+                sessions.erase(&conn);
+                if (sessions.empty())
+                {
+                    host_socket = nullptr;
+                    inputBuffer.clear();
+                    inputBuffer.shrink_to_fit();
+                }
+            })
+        .onmessage([](crow::websocket::Connection& conn,
+                      const std::string& data, bool is_binary) {
+            inputBuffer += data;
+            doWrite();
+        });
+}
+} // namespace obmc_console
+} // namespace crow
diff --git a/settings.hpp.in b/settings.hpp.in
index 44d8f17..897dca5 100644
--- a/settings.hpp.in
+++ b/settings.hpp.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #cmakedefine BMCWEB_ENABLE_DBUS_REST
 #cmakedefine BMCWEB_ENABLE_REDFISH
 #cmakedefine BMCWEB_ENABLE_STATIC_HOSTING
+#cmakedefine BMCWEB_ENABLE_HOST_SERIAL_WEBSOCKET
 #cmakedefine BMCWEB_INSECURE_DISABLE_CSRF_PREVENTION
 #cmakedefine BMCWEB_INSECURE_DISABLE_SSL
 #cmakedefine BMCWEB_INSECURE_DISABLE_XSS_PREVENTION