diff --git a/meta/classes/devshell.bbclass b/meta/classes/devshell.bbclass
index ddb6e55..a780118 100644
--- a/meta/classes/devshell.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/devshell.bbclass
@@ -1,10 +1,27 @@
 inherit terminal
 
+DEVSHELL = "${SHELL}"
+
 python do_devshell () {
-    oe_terminal(d.getVar('SHELL', True), 'OpenEmbedded Developer Shell', d)
+    oe_terminal(d.getVar('DEVSHELL', True), 'OpenEmbedded Developer Shell', d)
 }
 
 addtask devshell after do_patch
 
 do_devshell[dirs] = "${S}"
 do_devshell[nostamp] = "1"
+
+# devshell and fakeroot/pseudo need careful handling since only the final
+# command should run under fakeroot emulation, any X connection should
+# be done as the normal user. We therfore carefully construct the envionment
+# manually
+python () {
+    if d.getVarFlag("do_devshell", "fakeroot"):
+       d.prependVar("DEVSHELL", "pseudo ")
+       fakeenv = d.getVar("FAKEROOTENV", True).split()
+       for f in fakeenv:
+            k = f.split("=")
+            d.setVar(k[0], k[1])           
+            d.appendVar("OE_TERMINAL_EXPORTS", " " + k[0])
+       d.delVarFlag("do_devshell", "fakeroot")
+} 
diff --git a/meta/classes/terminal.bbclass b/meta/classes/terminal.bbclass
index d5a6277..8cebad4 100644
--- a/meta/classes/terminal.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/terminal.bbclass
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ def oe_terminal(command, title, d):
         if value is not None:
             os.environ[export] = str(value)
             env[export] = str(value)
+        if export == "PSEUDO_DISABLED":
+            if "PSEUDO_UNLOAD" in os.environ:
+                del os.environ["PSEUDO_UNLOAD"]
+            if "PSEUDO_UNLOAD" in env:
+                del env["PSEUDO_UNLOAD"]
 
     # Add in all variables from the user's original environment which
     # haven't subsequntly been set/changed