diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/CSSHelper.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/CSSHelper.java
index b5c090ebf..b8cfa3180 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/CSSHelper.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/CSSHelper.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public class CSSHelper extends HelperBase {
     public static final int MIN_REFRESH = 3;
     public static final String PROP_DISABLE_REFRESH = "routerconsole.summaryDisableRefresh";
     private static final String PROP_XFRAME = "routerconsole.disableXFrame";
+    public static final String PROP_FORCE_MOBILE_CONSOLE = "routerconsole.forceMobileConsole";
 
     private static final String _consoleNonce = Long.toString(RandomSource.getInstance().nextLong());
 
@@ -137,6 +138,9 @@ public class CSSHelper extends HelperBase {
      *  @since 0.8.5
      */
     public boolean allowIFrame(String ua) {
+        boolean forceMobileConsole = _context.getBooleanProperty(PROP_FORCE_MOBILE_CONSOLE);
+        if (forceMobileConsole)
+            return false;
         if (ua == null)
             return true;
         Boolean brv = _UACache.get(ua);
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ConfigUIHandler.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ConfigUIHandler.java
index 923395096..0762dd457 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ConfigUIHandler.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ConfigUIHandler.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 public class ConfigUIHandler extends FormHandler {
     private boolean _shouldSave;
     private boolean _universalTheming;
+    private boolean _forceMobileConsole;
     private String _config;
     
     @Override
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ public class ConfigUIHandler extends FormHandler {
 
     public void setUniversalTheming(String baa) { _universalTheming = true; }
 
+    public void setForceMobileConsole(String baa) { _forceMobileConsole = true; }
+
     public void setTheme(String val) {
         _config = val;
     }
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ public class ConfigUIHandler extends FormHandler {
         Map<String, String> changes = new HashMap();
         List<String> removes = new ArrayList();
         String oldTheme = _context.getProperty(CSSHelper.PROP_THEME_NAME, CSSHelper.DEFAULT_THEME);
+        boolean oldForceMobileConsole = _context.getBooleanProperty(CSSHelper.PROP_FORCE_MOBILE_CONSOLE);
         if (_config.equals("default")) // obsolete
             removes.add(CSSHelper.PROP_THEME_NAME);
         else
@@ -45,6 +49,10 @@ public class ConfigUIHandler extends FormHandler {
             changes.put(CSSHelper.PROP_UNIVERSAL_THEMING, "true");
         else
             removes.add(CSSHelper.PROP_UNIVERSAL_THEMING);
+        if (_forceMobileConsole)
+            changes.put(CSSHelper.PROP_FORCE_MOBILE_CONSOLE, "true");
+        else
+            removes.add(CSSHelper.PROP_FORCE_MOBILE_CONSOLE);
         boolean ok = _context.router().saveConfig(changes, removes);
         if (ok) {
             if (!oldTheme.equals(_config))
@@ -52,6 +60,11 @@ public class ConfigUIHandler extends FormHandler {
                               " <a href=\"configui\">" +
                               _("Refresh the page to view.") +
                               "</a>");
+            if (oldForceMobileConsole != _forceMobileConsole)
+                addFormNotice(_("Mobile console option saved.") +
+                              " <a href=\"configui\">" +
+                              _("Refresh the page to view.") +
+                              "</a>");
         } else {
             addFormError(_("Error saving the configuration (applied but not saved) - please see the error logs."));
         }
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ConfigUIHelper.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ConfigUIHelper.java
index 273c8521d..28fa6034a 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ConfigUIHelper.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ConfigUIHelper.java
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ public class ConfigUIHelper extends HelperBase {
         return buf.toString();
     }
 
+    public String getForceMobileConsole() {
+        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(256);
+        boolean forceMobileConsole = _context.getBooleanProperty(CSSHelper.PROP_FORCE_MOBILE_CONSOLE);
+        buf.append("<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"forceMobileConsole\" ");
+        if (forceMobileConsole)
+            buf.append("checked=\"checked\" ");
+        buf.append("value=\"1\">")
+           .append(_("Force the mobile console to be used"))
+           .append("<br>\n");
+        return buf.toString();
+    }
+
     static final String PROP_THEME_PFX = "routerconsole.theme.";
 
     /** @return standard and user-installed themes, sorted (untranslated) */
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/configui.jsp b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/configui.jsp
index b19c0103c..ce556aa19 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/configui.jsp
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/configui.jsp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ input.default {
 <hr>
 <%=uihelper._("If you're not using IE, it's likely that your browser is pretending to be IE; please configure your browser (or proxy) to use a different User Agent string if you'd like to access the console themes.")%>
 <% } %>
+ <jsp:getProperty name="uihelper" property="forceMobileConsole" />
 <h3><%=uihelper._("Router Console Language")%></h3>
 <jsp:getProperty name="uihelper" property="langSettings" />
 <p><%=uihelper._("Please contribute to the router console translation project! Contact the developers in #i2p-dev on IRC to help.")%>
diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index 3c7cebeaf..3e2fcb5ca 100644
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-01-21 str4d
+ * Console:
+   - Added option to /configui to force the mobile console to be used
+     (for cases where the UserAgent matching fails)
+
 2013-01-19 str4d
  * Console:
    - Added proper support for mobile browsers with a CSS override file