diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ec21b9a..fa10bef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ Whether lovebird should wrap the `print()` function or not. If this is true
 then all the calls to print will also be output to lovebird's console. This is
 `true` by default.
 
+### lovebird.echoinput
+Whether lovebird should display inputted commands in the console's output
+buffer; `true` by default.
+
 ### lovebird.maxlines
 The maximum number of lines lovebird should store in its console's output
 buffer. By default this is `200`.
diff --git a/lovebird.lua b/lovebird.lua
index c9f0699..0a6cbfc 100644
--- a/lovebird.lua
+++ b/lovebird.lua
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ lovebird.pages = {}
 lovebird.wrapprint = true
 lovebird.timestamp = true
 lovebird.allowhtml = false
+lovebird.echoinput = true
 lovebird.port = 8000
 lovebird.whitelist = { "127.0.0.1", "192.168.*.*" }
 lovebird.maxlines = 200
@@ -32,7 +33,9 @@ lovebird.pages["index"] = [[
 -- Handle console input
 if req.parsedbody.input then
   local str = req.parsedbody.input
-  lovebird.pushline({ type = 'input', str = str })
+  if lovebird.echoinput then
+    lovebird.pushline({ type = 'input', str = str })
+  end
   xpcall(function() assert(lovebird.loadstring(str, "input"))() end,
          lovebird.onerror)
 end