diff --git a/src/constants.c b/src/constants.c
index f938470c..0a662cc4 100644
--- a/src/constants.c
+++ b/src/constants.c
@@ -345,6 +345,16 @@ static int luv_constants(lua_State* L) {
   lua_pushinteger(L, UV_PIPE_NO_TRUNCATE);
   lua_setfield(L, -2, "PIPE_NO_TRUNCATE");
 #endif
+
+#if LUV_UV_VERSION_GEQ(1, 2, 0)
+  lua_pushinteger(L, UV_TTY_MODE_NORMAL);
+  lua_setfield(L, -2, "TTY_MODE_NORMAL");
+  lua_pushinteger(L, UV_TTY_MODE_RAW);
+  lua_setfield(L, -2, "TTY_MODE_RAW");
+  lua_pushinteger(L, UV_TTY_MODE_IO);
+  lua_setfield(L, -2, "TTY_MODE_IO");
+#endif
+
   return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tty.c b/src/tty.c
index 5b6ac268..048f4691 100644
--- a/src/tty.c
+++ b/src/tty.c
@@ -39,9 +39,25 @@ static int luv_new_tty(lua_State* L) {
   return 1;
 }
 
+static int luv_check_tty_mode(lua_State *L, int i) {
+  const char* modes[] = { "normal", "raw", "io", NULL};
+  int mode;
+
+  if (lua_isnumber(L, i))
+    mode = lua_tonumber(L, i);
+  else
+    mode = luaL_checkoption(L, i, NULL, modes);
+
+#if LUV_UV_VERSION_GEQ(1, 2, 0)
+  luaL_argcheck(L, mode >= UV_TTY_MODE_NORMAL && mode <= UV_TTY_MODE_IO,
+      i, "Unknown tty mode value");
+#endif
+  return mode;
+}
+
 static int luv_tty_set_mode(lua_State* L) {
   uv_tty_t* handle = luv_check_tty(L, 1);
-  int mode = luaL_checkinteger(L, 2);
+  int mode = luv_check_tty_mode(L, 2);
   int ret = uv_tty_set_mode(handle, mode);
   return luv_result(L, ret);
 }
diff --git a/tests/test-tty.lua b/tests/test-tty.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1d74bac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-tty.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+-- come from https://github.com/libuv/libuv/blob/v1.x/test/test-tty.c
+local _, ffi = pcall(require, 'ffi')
+if not ffi then
+  print('skip, without luajit ffi')
+  return
+end
+
+if not (ffi.os == "Linux" or ffi.os == "OSX") then
+  print('skip, not on linux or macos')
+  return
+end
+
+return require('lib/tap')(function (test)
+
+  test("tty normal", function (print, p, expect, uv)
+    -- uv.tty_set_vterm_state("supported")
+    -- print(uv.tty_get_vterm_state())
+
+    local stdin = uv.new_tty(0, true)
+    local stdout = uv.new_tty(1, false)
+
+    local stype = os.getenv('GITHUB_ACTION') and 'pipe' or 'tty'
+
+    assert(stype == uv.guess_handle(0))
+    assert(stype == uv.guess_handle(1))
+    assert(uv.is_readable(stdin))
+    assert(uv.is_writable(stdout))
+
+    uv.close(stdin)
+    uv.close(stdout)
+  end)
+
+  test("tty pty", function (print, p, expect, uv)
+    ffi.cdef[[
+        struct winsize {
+          unsigned short ws_row;
+          unsigned short ws_col;
+          unsigned short ws_xpixel;   /* unused */
+          unsigned short ws_ypixel;   /* unused */
+        };
+        int openpty(int *amaster, int *aslave, char *name,
+          const void* termp, const struct winsize* winp);
+        ]]
+
+    local master_fd = ffi.new('int[1]')
+    local slave_fd = ffi.new('int[1]')
+    local winp = ffi.new('struct winsize[1]')
+
+    local r, util = pcall(ffi.load, 'util')
+    if r then
+      r = util.openpty(master_fd, slave_fd, nil, nil, winp);
+    else
+      r = ffi.C.openpty(master_fd, slave_fd, nil, nil, winp);
+    end
+    assert(tonumber(r)==0)
+
+    local master_tty = uv.new_tty(tonumber(master_fd[0]), false)
+    local slave_tty = uv.new_tty(tonumber(slave_fd[0]), false)
+
+    assert(uv.is_readable(master_tty))
+    assert(uv.is_writable(master_tty))
+    assert(uv.is_readable(slave_tty))
+    assert(uv.is_writable(slave_tty))
+
+    master_tty:close()
+    slave_tty:close()
+  end)
+
+  test("tty device", function (print, p, expect, uv)
+    ffi.cdef[[
+        typedef unsigned mode_t;
+        int open(const char *pathname, int flags, mode_t mode);
+        ]]
+
+    local ttyin_fd = ffi.C.open("/dev/tty", uv.constants.O_RDONLY, 0);
+    if tonumber(ttyin_fd) == -1 and ffi.errno() == 6 then
+      print("Skip, open /dev/tty fail")
+      return
+    end
+
+    assert(tonumber(ttyin_fd) >= 0, ffi.errno())
+
+    local ttyout_fd = ffi.C.open("/dev/tty", uv.constants.O_WRONLY, 0);
+    assert(tonumber(ttyout_fd) >= 0, ffi.errno())
+
+    assert('tty' == uv.guess_handle(ttyin_fd));
+    assert('tty' == uv.guess_handle(ttyout_fd));
+
+    local tty_in = uv.new_tty(ttyin_fd, true)
+    assert(uv.is_readable(tty_in))
+    assert(not uv.is_writable(tty_in))
+
+    local tty_out = uv.new_tty(ttyout_fd, false)
+    assert(not uv.is_readable(tty_out))
+    assert(uv.is_writable(tty_out))
+
+    local width, height = uv.tty_get_winsize(tty_out)
+    print(string.format("width=%d height=%d\n", width, height));
+
+    assert(width >= 0)
+    assert(height >= 0)
+
+    assert(uv.tty_set_mode(tty_in, "raw"))
+    assert(uv.tty_set_mode(tty_in, "normal"))
+
+    assert(uv.tty_reset_mode())
+    assert(uv.tty_reset_mode())
+    assert(uv.tty_reset_mode())
+
+    uv.close(tty_in)
+    uv.close(tty_out)
+  end)
+end)