diff --git a/usr.sbin/bhyve/uart_emul.c b/usr.sbin/bhyve/uart_emul.c
--- a/usr.sbin/bhyve/uart_emul.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/bhyve/uart_emul.c
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <dev/ic/ns16550.h>
 #ifndef WITHOUT_CAPSICUM
 #include <sys/capsicum.h>
@@ -705,19 +708,97 @@
 	return (0);
 }
 
+static void
+tcp_handler(int fd, enum ev_type type __unused, void *arg) {
+	struct uart_softc *sc = (struct uart_softc *)arg;
+	struct sockaddr_in dst_addr;
+	socklen_t len = sizeof(dst_addr);
+	int conn_fd;
+
+	mevent_delete(sc->mev);
+
+	conn_fd = accept(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&dst_addr, &len);
+	if(conn_fd == -1) {
+		errx(EX_OSERR, "Unable to accept the connection");
+		return;
+	}
+	assert(fcntl(conn_fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK) == 0);
+
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&sc->mtx);
+
+	sc->tty.rfd = sc->tty.wfd = conn_fd;
+	sc->tty.opened = true;
+	uart_opentty(sc);
+
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&sc->mtx);
+}
+
+// Listen to address and add to kqueue.
+// If connected (e.g. tcp_handler is triggered), we replace the handler to the connected handler
+static int
+uart_tcp_backend(struct uart_softc *sc, const char *path)
+{
+#ifndef WITHOUT_CAPSICUM
+	cap_rights_t rights;
+	cap_ioctl_t cmds[] = { TIOCGETA, TIOCSETA, TIOCGWINSZ };
+#endif
+	int bind_fd;
+	struct sockaddr_in src_addr;
+	char addr[256];
+	int port;
+
+	sscanf(path, "tcp:%255[^:]:%d", addr, &port);
+
+	bind_fd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	if (bind_fd < 0)
+		return (-1);
+
+	memset(&src_addr, 0, sizeof(src_addr));
+	src_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+	src_addr.sin_port = htons(port);
+	inet_aton(addr, &src_addr.sin_addr);
+
+	if (bind(bind_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&src_addr, (socklen_t)sizeof(src_addr)) == -1)
+		errx(EX_OSERR, "Unable to bind to asddress %s:%d", addr, port);
+
+	if (listen(bind_fd, 1) == -1)
+		return (-1);
+
+	sc->mev = mevent_add(bind_fd, EVF_READ, tcp_handler, (void *)sc);
+
+	if (sc->mev == NULL)
+		return (-1);
+
+#ifndef WITHOUT_CAPSICUM
+	cap_rights_init(&rights, CAP_EVENT, CAP_ACCEPT, CAP_RECV, CAP_SEND, CAP_FCNTL, CAP_IOCTL);
+	if (caph_rights_limit(bind_fd, &rights) == -1)
+		errx(EX_OSERR, "Unable to apply rights for sandbox");
+	if (caph_ioctls_limit(bind_fd, cmds, nitems(cmds)) == -1)
+		errx(EX_OSERR, "Unable to apply ioctls for sandbox");
+	if (caph_fcntls_limit(bind_fd, CAP_FCNTL_SETFL) == -1)
+		errx(EX_OSERR, "Unable to apply fcntls for sandbox");
+#endif
+
+	return (0);
+}
+
 int
 uart_set_backend(struct uart_softc *sc, const char *device)
 {
 	int retval;
+	bool conn_based = false;
 
 	if (device == NULL)
 		return (0);
 
 	if (strcmp("stdio", device) == 0)
 		retval = uart_stdio_backend(sc);
-	else
+	else if (strncmp("tcp", device, 3) == 0) {
+		retval = uart_tcp_backend(sc, device);
+		conn_based = true;
+	} else
 		retval = uart_tty_backend(sc, device);
-	if (retval == 0)
+	if (retval == 0 && !conn_based)
 		uart_opentty(sc);
 
 	return (retval);