diff --git a/src/uterm_fbdev_internal.h b/src/uterm_fbdev_internal.h
index f89a1994..e263e4a8 100644
--- a/src/uterm_fbdev_internal.h
+++ b/src/uterm_fbdev_internal.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct fbdev_display {
 	unsigned int stride;
 
 	bool xrgb32;
+	bool rgb24;
 	bool rgb16;
 	unsigned int Bpp;
 	unsigned int off_r;
diff --git a/src/uterm_fbdev_render.c b/src/uterm_fbdev_render.c
index a06bf08b..2dda19a2 100644
--- a/src/uterm_fbdev_render.c
+++ b/src/uterm_fbdev_render.c
@@ -100,6 +100,21 @@ static uint_fast32_t xrgb32_to_device(struct uterm_display *disp,
 	return res;
 }
 
+static void write_24bit(uint8_t *dst, uint_fast32_t value)
+{
+	#if __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+		dst[0] = value;
+		dst[1] = value >> 8;
+		dst[2] = value >> 16;
+	#elif __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__
+		dst[0] = value >> 16;
+		dst[1] = value >> 8;
+		dst[2] = value;
+	#else
+		#error "Unknown endianness"
+	#endif
+}
+
 int uterm_fbdev_display_blit(struct uterm_display *disp,
 			     const struct uterm_video_buffer *buf,
 			     unsigned int x, unsigned int y)
@@ -151,6 +166,16 @@ int uterm_fbdev_display_blit(struct uterm_display *disp,
 			dst += fbdev->stride;
 			src += buf->stride;
 		}
+	} else if (fbdev->Bpp == 3) {
+		while (height--) {
+			for (i = 0; i < width; ++i) {
+				val = ((uint32_t*)src)[i];
+				uint_fast32_t full = xrgb32_to_device(disp, val);
+				write_24bit(&dst[i * 3], full);
+			}
+			dst += fbdev->stride;
+			src += buf->stride;
+		}
 	} else if (fbdev->Bpp == 4) {
 		while (height--) {
 			for (i = 0; i < width; ++i) {
@@ -272,6 +297,35 @@ int uterm_fbdev_display_fake_blendv(struct uterm_display *disp,
 				dst += fbdev->stride;
 				src += req->buf->stride;
 			}
+		} else if (fbdev->Bpp == 3) {
+			while (height--) {
+				for (i = 0; i < width; ++i) {
+					if (src[i] == 0) {
+						r = req->br;
+						g = req->bg;
+						b = req->bb;
+					} else if (src[i] == 255) {
+						r = req->fr;
+						g = req->fg;
+						b = req->fb;
+					} else {
+						r = req->fr * src[i] +
+						    req->br * (255 - src[i]);
+						r /= 256;
+						g = req->fg * src[i] +
+						    req->bg * (255 - src[i]);
+						g /= 256;
+						b = req->fb * src[i] +
+						    req->bb * (255 - src[i]);
+						b /= 256;
+					}
+					val = (r << 16) | (g << 8) | b;
+					uint_fast32_t full = xrgb32_to_device(disp, val);
+					write_24bit(&dst[i * 3], full);
+				}
+				dst += fbdev->stride;
+				src += req->buf->stride;
+			}
 		} else if (fbdev->Bpp == 4) {
 			while (height--) {
 				for (i = 0; i < width; ++i) {
@@ -358,6 +412,13 @@ int uterm_fbdev_display_fill(struct uterm_display *disp,
 				dst += fbdev->stride;
 			}
 		}
+	} else if (fbdev->Bpp == 3) {
+		while (height--) {
+			for (i = 0; i < width * 3; i += 3) {
+				write_24bit(&dst[i], full_val);
+			}
+			dst += fbdev->stride;
+		}
 	} else if (fbdev->Bpp == 4) {
 		while (height--) {
 			for (i = 0; i < width; ++i)
diff --git a/src/uterm_fbdev_video.c b/src/uterm_fbdev_video.c
index 06bddcae..c977b8f1 100644
--- a/src/uterm_fbdev_video.c
+++ b/src/uterm_fbdev_video.c
@@ -132,9 +132,7 @@ static int display_activate_force(struct uterm_display *disp,
 				  struct uterm_mode *mode,
 				  bool force)
 {
-	/* TODO: Add support for 24-bpp. However, we need to check how 3-bytes
-	 * integers are assembled in big/little/mixed endian systems. */
-	static const char depths[] = { 32, 16, 0 };
+	static const char depths[] = { 32, 24, 16, 0 };
 	struct fbdev_display *dfb = disp->data;
 	struct uterm_mode *m;
 	struct fbdev_mode *mfb;
@@ -217,14 +215,19 @@ static int display_activate_force(struct uterm_display *disp,
 	if (finfo->visual != FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR ||
 	    vinfo->bits_per_pixel != 32) {
 		for (i = 0; depths[i]; ++i) {
-			vinfo->bits_per_pixel = depths[i];
-			vinfo->activate = FB_ACTIVATE_NOW | FB_ACTIVATE_FORCE;
+			/* Try to set a new mode and if it's successful... */
+			struct fb_var_screeninfo vinfo_new = *vinfo;
+			vinfo_new.bits_per_pixel = depths[i];
+			vinfo_new.activate = FB_ACTIVATE_NOW | FB_ACTIVATE_FORCE;
 
 			ret = ioctl(dfb->fd, FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO,
-				    vinfo);
+				    &vinfo_new);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				continue;
 
+			/* ... keep it. */
+                        *vinfo = vinfo_new;
+
 			ret = refresh_info(disp);
 			if (ret)
 				goto err_close;
@@ -235,6 +238,7 @@ static int display_activate_force(struct uterm_display *disp,
 	}
 
 	if (vinfo->bits_per_pixel != 32 &&
+	    vinfo->bits_per_pixel != 24 &&
 	    vinfo->bits_per_pixel != 16) {
 		log_error("device %s does not support 16/32 bpp but: %u",
 			  dfb->node, vinfo->bits_per_pixel);
@@ -333,6 +337,10 @@ static int display_activate_force(struct uterm_display *disp,
 		 dfb->off_r == 11 && dfb->off_g == 5 && dfb->off_b == 0 &&
 		 dfb->Bpp == 2)
 		dfb->rgb16 = true;
+	else if (dfb->len_r == 8 && dfb->len_g == 8 && dfb->len_b == 8 &&
+		 dfb->off_r == 16 && dfb->off_g == 8 && dfb->off_b == 0 &&
+		 dfb->Bpp == 3)
+		dfb->rgb24 = true;
 
 	/* TODO: make dithering configurable */
 	disp->flags |= DISPLAY_DITHERING;
@@ -455,6 +463,8 @@ static int display_get_buffers(struct uterm_display *disp,
 		f = UTERM_FORMAT_XRGB32;
 	else if (dfb->rgb16)
 		f = UTERM_FORMAT_RGB16;
+	else if (dfb->rgb24)
+		f = UTERM_FORMAT_RGB24;
 
 	if (!(formats & f))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
diff --git a/src/uterm_video.h b/src/uterm_video.h
index 9f516c55..fe3cb787 100644
--- a/src/uterm_video.h
+++ b/src/uterm_video.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ enum uterm_video_format {
 	UTERM_FORMAT_GREY	= 0x01,
 	UTERM_FORMAT_XRGB32	= 0x02,
 	UTERM_FORMAT_RGB16	= 0x04,
+	UTERM_FORMAT_RGB24	= 0x08,
 };
 
 struct uterm_video_buffer {