diff --git a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2 b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
index b9c4d04161..d636878e9b 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ factory.addStep(ShellCommand(command=["runtask",
                              descriptionDone=[Interpolate('%(prop:taskname)s on %(prop:item)s')],
                              name='runtask',
                              timeout=2400,
+{% if deployment_type in ['dev'] %}
+                             usePTY=True,
+{% endif %}
 {% if deployment_type in ['dev', 'stg', 'prod'] %}
                              logfiles={
                                  'taskotron-overlord.log': {'filename': Interpolate('/var/lib/taskotron/artifacts/%(prop:uuid)s/taskotron-overlord.log')},