diff --git a/libr/cons/cons.c b/libr/cons/cons.c
index ff390984ed..994d1d488c 100644
--- a/libr/cons/cons.c
+++ b/libr/cons/cons.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ R_API void r_cons_strcat_justify (const char *str, int j, char c) {
 		}
 	}
 	if (len > 1) {
-		r_cons_memcat (str+o, len);
+		r_cons_memcat (str + o, len);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ R_API RCons *r_cons_free() {
 		free (I.buffer);
 		I.buffer = NULL;
 	}
+	R_FREE (I.break_word);
 	r_stack_free (I.cons_stack);	
 	r_stack_free (I.break_stack);
 	return NULL;
@@ -828,6 +829,11 @@ R_API void r_cons_memcat(const char *str, int len) {
 	if (I.flush) {
 		r_cons_flush ();
 	}
+	if (I.break_word) {
+		if (r_mem_mem ((const ut8*)str, len, (const ut8*)I.break_word, I.break_word_len)) {
+			I.breaked = true;
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 R_API void r_cons_memset(char ch, int len) {
@@ -1248,3 +1254,13 @@ R_API const char* r_cons_get_rune(const ut8 ch) {
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+R_API void r_cons_breakword(const char *s) {
+	free (I.break_word);
+	if (s) {
+		I.break_word = strdup (s);
+		I.break_word_len = strlen (s);
+	} else {
+		I.break_word = NULL;
+		I.break_word_len = 0;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libr/core/cconfig.c b/libr/core/cconfig.c
index ffdf2a3432..c80b08de7f 100644
--- a/libr/core/cconfig.c
+++ b/libr/core/cconfig.c
@@ -1158,6 +1158,16 @@ static int cb_rgbcolors(void *user, void *data) {
 	return true;
 }
 
+static int cb_scrbreak(void* user, void* data) {
+	RConfigNode *node = (RConfigNode*) data;
+	if (*node->value) {
+		r_cons_breakword (node->value);
+	} else {
+		r_cons_breakword (NULL);
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
 static int cb_scrcolumns(void* user, void* data) {
 	RConfigNode *node = (RConfigNode*) data;
 	RCore *core = (RCore*) user;
@@ -2099,6 +2109,7 @@ R_API int r_core_config_init(RCore *core) {
 	SETPREF("scr.atport", "false", "V@ starts a background http server and spawns an r2 -C");
 	SETI("scr.wheelspeed", 4, "Mouse wheel speed");
 	// DEPRECATED: USES hex.cols now SETI("scr.colpos", 80, "Column position of cmd.cprompt in visual");
+	SETCB("scr.break", "", &cb_scrbreak, "Emulate console break (^C) when a word is printed (useful for pD)");
 	SETICB("scr.columns", 0, &cb_scrcolumns, "Force console column count (width)");
 	SETCB("scr.rows", "0", &cb_scrrows, "Force console row count (height) ");
 	SETICB("scr.rows", 0, &cb_rows, "Force console row count (height) (duplicate?)");
diff --git a/libr/include/r_cons.h b/libr/include/r_cons.h
index 4cf85a7501..b39ab6225e 100644
--- a/libr/include/r_cons.h
+++ b/libr/include/r_cons.h
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ typedef struct r_cons_t {
 	bool use_utf8; // use utf8 features
 	int linesleep;
 	int pagesize;
+	char *break_word;
+	int break_word_len;
 	ut64 timeout;
 } RCons;
 
@@ -429,6 +431,7 @@ typedef void (*RConsBreak)(void *);
 R_API void r_cons_break_end(void);
 R_API bool r_cons_is_breaked();
 R_API void r_cons_break_timeout(int timeout);
+R_API void r_cons_breakword(const char *s);
 
 /* pipe */
 R_API int r_cons_pipe_open(const char *file, int fdn, int append);