diff --git a/jupyter_notebook/static/terminal/js/main.js b/jupyter_notebook/static/terminal/js/main.js
index 3358882fc..84ec2f599 100644
--- a/jupyter_notebook/static/terminal/js/main.js
+++ b/jupyter_notebook/static/terminal/js/main.js
@@ -60,4 +60,7 @@ require([
                                     $(window).height(), $(window).width()]));
     };
 
+    // Expose terminal for fiddling with in the browser
+    window.terminal = terminal;
+
 });