diff --git a/src/bwpass.py b/src/bwpass.py
index 01adfcf..fbc922c 100644
--- a/src/bwpass.py
+++ b/src/bwpass.py
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ class Pinentry:
 
     def getpin(self):
         codec = locale.getpreferredencoding()
+        tty = os.ttyname(sys.stdin.fileno())
         p = subprocess.Popen(
-            ['pinentry'],
+            ['pinentry', '-T', tty],
             stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
         )