diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 967a6f0049..f23a2b711d 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
 include_directories(../ext-src/gtest/fused-src impl)
 link_directories(${monad_native_BINARY_DIR})
 
-set(LIB_SOURCE_FILES impl/getcurrentprocessorid.cpp impl/getusername.cpp)
+set(LIB_SOURCE_FILES impl/getcurrentprocessorid.cpp impl/getusername.cpp impl/terminal.cpp)
 set(TEST_SOURCE_FILES tests/test-getcurrentprocessid.cpp)
 set(SOURCE_FILES main.cpp ../ext-src/gtest/fused-src/gtest/gtest-all.cc)
 
diff --git a/src/impl/pal.h b/src/impl/pal.h
index 1cfc776302..f981088843 100644
--- a/src/impl/pal.h
+++ b/src/impl/pal.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     typedef char BOOL;
 	typedef unsigned short WCHAR_T;
 	typedef unsigned int UINT32;
+    typedef int INT32;
     typedef unsigned long HRESULT;
     typedef const wchar_t *PCWSTR;
     typedef wchar_t *PWSTR;
diff --git a/src/impl/terminal.cpp b/src/impl/terminal.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c321928020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/impl/terminal.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#include "terminal.h"
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+
+INT32 GetTerminalWidth()
+{
+    struct winsize ws;
+    if (-1 == ioctl(0,TIOCGWINSZ,&ws))
+        return -1;
+
+    return ws.ws_col;
+}
+
+INT32 GetTerminalHeight()
+{
+    struct winsize ws;
+    if (-1 == ioctl(0,TIOCGWINSZ,&ws))
+        return -1;
+
+    return ws.ws_row;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/impl/terminal.h b/src/impl/terminal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00332e9bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/impl/terminal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "pal.h"
+
+PAL_BEGIN_EXTERNC
+
+INT32 GetTerminalWidth();
+INT32 GetTerminalHeight();
+
+PAL_END_EXTERNC
+