diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/GL/GLContext.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/GL/GLContext.cpp
index cbc50463db..5d740f9211 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/GL/GLContext.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/GL/GLContext.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<GLContext> GLContext::Create(const WindowSystemInfo& wsi, bool s
   }
 #endif
 #if HAVE_EGL
-  if (wsi.type == WindowSystemType::Headless)
+  if (wsi.type == WindowSystemType::Headless || wsi.type == WindowSystemType::FBDev)
     context = std::make_unique<GLContextEGL>();
 #endif
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/WindowSystemInfo.h b/Source/Core/Common/WindowSystemInfo.h
index bea853d445..03f230f8e6 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/WindowSystemInfo.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/WindowSystemInfo.h
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ enum class WindowSystemType
   MacOS,
   Android,
   X11,
-  Wayland
+  Wayland,
+  FBDev,
 };
 
 struct WindowSystemInfo
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinNoGUI/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/DolphinNoGUI/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b54022594..6247dac2d0 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinNoGUI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinNoGUI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ if(ENABLE_X11 AND X11_FOUND)
   target_sources(dolphin-nogui PRIVATE PlatformX11.cpp)
 endif()
 
+if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
+  target_sources(dolphin-nogui PRIVATE PlatformFBDev.cpp)
+endif()
+
 set_target_properties(dolphin-nogui PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME dolphin-emu-nogui)
 
 target_link_libraries(dolphin-nogui
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinNoGUI/MainNoGUI.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinNoGUI/MainNoGUI.cpp
index 711583f736..1736c52edd 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinNoGUI/MainNoGUI.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinNoGUI/MainNoGUI.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ static std::unique_ptr<Platform> GetPlatform(const optparse::Values& options)
     return Platform::CreateX11Platform();
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __linux__
+  if (platform_name == "fbdev" || platform_name.empty())
+    return Platform::CreateFBDevPlatform();
+#endif
+
   if (platform_name == "headless" || platform_name.empty())
     return Platform::CreateHeadlessPlatform();
 
@@ -135,6 +140,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
       .help("Window platform to use [%choices]")
       .choices({
         "headless"
+#ifdef __linux__
+            ,
+            "fbdev"
+#endif
 #if HAVE_X11
             ,
             "x11"
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinNoGUI/Platform.h b/Source/Core/DolphinNoGUI/Platform.h
index 19edbb1168..af39492447 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinNoGUI/Platform.h
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinNoGUI/Platform.h
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ public:
 #ifdef HAVE_X11
   static std::unique_ptr<Platform> CreateX11Platform();
 #endif
+#ifdef __linux__
+  static std::unique_ptr<Platform> CreateFBDevPlatform();
+#endif
 
 protected:
   void UpdateRunningFlag();
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinNoGUI/PlatformFBDev.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinNoGUI/PlatformFBDev.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9818105521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinNoGUI/PlatformFBDev.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+// Copyright 2018 Dolphin Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2+
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "DolphinNoGUI/Platform.h"
+
+#include "Common/MsgHandler.h"
+#include "Core/ConfigManager.h"
+#include "Core/Core.h"
+#include "Core/State.h"
+
+#include <climits>
+#include <cstdio>
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/fb.h>
+#include <linux/kd.h>
+#include <linux/vt.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <termios.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "VideoCommon/RenderBase.h"
+
+namespace
+{
+class PlatformFBDev : public Platform
+{
+public:
+  ~PlatformFBDev() override;
+
+  bool Init() override;
+  void SetTitle(const std::string& string) override;
+  void MainLoop() override;
+
+  WindowSystemInfo GetWindowSystemInfo() const;
+
+private:
+  bool OpenFramebuffer();
+
+  int m_fb_fd = -1;
+};
+
+PlatformFBDev::~PlatformFBDev()
+{
+  if (m_fb_fd >= 0)
+    close(m_fb_fd);
+}
+
+bool PlatformFBDev::Init()
+{
+  if (!OpenFramebuffer())
+    return false;
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool PlatformFBDev::OpenFramebuffer()
+{
+  m_fb_fd = open("/dev/fb0", O_RDWR);
+  if (m_fb_fd < 0)
+  {
+    std::fprintf(stderr, "open(/dev/fb0) failed\n");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+void PlatformFBDev::SetTitle(const std::string& string)
+{
+  std::fprintf(stdout, "%s\n", string.c_str());
+}
+
+void PlatformFBDev::MainLoop()
+{
+  while (IsRunning())
+  {
+    UpdateRunningFlag();
+    Core::HostDispatchJobs();
+
+    // TODO: Is this sleep appropriate?
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(1));
+  }
+}
+
+WindowSystemInfo PlatformFBDev::GetWindowSystemInfo() const
+{
+  WindowSystemInfo wsi;
+  wsi.type = WindowSystemType::FBDev;
+  wsi.display_connection = nullptr;  // EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY
+  wsi.render_surface = nullptr;
+  return wsi;
+}
+}  // namespace
+
+std::unique_ptr<Platform> Platform::CreateFBDevPlatform()
+{
+  return std::make_unique<PlatformFBDev>();
+}