diff --git a/src/config/options.inc b/src/config/options.inc
index 67c49536..150031d5 100644
--- a/src/config/options.inc
+++ b/src/config/options.inc
@@ -1192,6 +1192,10 @@ static struct option_info config_options_info[] = {
 		"sessions", OPT_SORT,
 		N_("Sessions settings.")),
 
+	INIT_OPT_BOOL("ui.sessions", N_("Keep session active"),
+		"keep_session_active", 0, 0,
+		N_("Keep the session active even if the last terminal exits.")),
+
 	INIT_OPT_BOOL("ui.sessions", N_("Auto save session"),
 		"auto_save", 0, 0,
 		N_("Automatically save the session when quitting.\n"
diff --git a/src/terminal/terminal.c b/src/terminal/terminal.c
index e1896350..b71683a4 100644
--- a/src/terminal/terminal.c
+++ b/src/terminal/terminal.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "elinks.h"
 
 #include "bookmarks/bookmarks.h"
+#include "config/options.h"
 #include "intl/gettext/libintl.h"
 #include "main/main.h"
 #include "main/object.h"
@@ -161,7 +162,8 @@ destroy_all_terminals(void)
 static void
 check_if_no_terminal(void)
 {
-	program.terminate = list_empty(terminals);
+	program.terminate = list_empty(terminals)
+			    && !get_opt_bool("ui.sessions.keep_session_active");
 }
 
 void