diff --git a/scripts/powershell-run.mk b/scripts/powershell-run.mk
index 31cca1edd4..e7cb5c9260 100644
--- a/scripts/powershell-run.mk
+++ b/scripts/powershell-run.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ POWERSHELL_RUN_SRCS=$(addprefix $(POWERSHELL_RUN_FOLDER)/, main.cs host.cs ui.cs
 POWERSHELL_RUN_DEPS=dotnetlibs/System.Management.Automation.dll dotnetlibs/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.dll dotnetlibs/$(ASSEMBLY_LOAD_CONTEXT_TARGET)
 POWERSHELL_RUN_REFS=$(addprefix -r:,$(POWERSHELL_RUN_DEPS))
 
-POWERSHELL_RUN_TARGETS=dotnetlibs/powershell-run.exe dotnetlibs/powershell-simple.exe
+POWERSHELL_RUN_TARGETS=dotnetlibs/powershell-run.exe dotnetlibs/powershell-simple.exe dotnetlibs/libps.so
 
 dotnetlibs/powershell-run.exe: $(POWERSHELL_RUN_SRCS) $(POWERSHELL_RUN_DEPS)
 	    $(CSC) -out:$@ -noconfig -nostdlib -target:exe $(POWERSHELL_RUN_REFS) $(COREREF) $(POWERSHELL_RUN_SRCS)
diff --git a/src/monad-native b/src/monad-native
index f8f4b5e380..a756ecaadf 160000
--- a/src/monad-native
+++ b/src/monad-native
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f8f4b5e380a222332793c1005d425de02bf1817e
+Subproject commit a756ecaadfa486b77032e7cefeb75ac0f479b403
diff --git a/src/powershell-run/rawui.cs b/src/powershell-run/rawui.cs
index 97d93e5bc3..501812ff24 100644
--- a/src/powershell-run/rawui.cs
+++ b/src/powershell-run/rawui.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Management.Automation.Runspaces;
 using System.Management.Automation.Host;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Samples.PowerShell.Host
 {
@@ -15,6 +16,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.Samples.PowerShell.Host
 
 	internal class MyRawUserInterface : PSHostRawUserInterface
     {
+        // this class provides features otherwise not available through .net
+        internal class Native
+        {
+            [DllImport("libps")]
+            internal static extern int GetTerminalWidth();
+            [DllImport("libps")]
+            internal static extern int GetTerminalHeight();
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the background color of the displayed text.
         /// This maps to the corresponding Console.Background property.
@@ -31,7 +41,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Samples.PowerShell.Host
         /// </summary>
         public override Size BufferSize
         {
-            get { return new Size(200,500); }
+            get { return new Size(Native.GetTerminalWidth()-1,Native.GetTerminalHeight()-1); }
             set {  }
             //get { return new Size(Console.BufferWidth, Console.BufferHeight); }
             //set { Console.SetBufferSize(value.Width, value.Height); }