diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index c67301a..4b6f891 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ task :build => jruby_version_file
 task :test => jruby_version_file if RUBY_ENGINE == "jruby"
 
 Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
-  if extask
+  backend = ENV["IO_CONSOLE_BACKEND"]
+  if extask and !backend
     t.libs = [extask.lib_dir.chomp("/"+File.dirname(name))]
-  elsif RUBY_ENGINE == "jruby"
+  elsif RUBY_ENGINE == "jruby" or backend
     t.libs.unshift "jruby/lib"
   end
   t.libs << "lib"
diff --git a/ext/io/console/console.c b/ext/io/console/console.c
index 04d0f70..eb1c876 100644
--- a/ext/io/console/console.c
+++ b/ext/io/console/console.c
@@ -2135,10 +2135,17 @@ puts_call(VALUE io)
     return rb_io_write(io, rb_default_rs);
 }
 
+static VALUE
+funcall_with_rs(VALUE obj, ID mid)
+{
+    const VALUE rs = rb_default_rs; /* rvalue in TruffleRuby */
+    return rb_funcallv(obj, mid, 1, &rs);
+}
+
 static VALUE
 gets_call(VALUE io)
 {
-    return rb_funcallv(io, id_gets, 0, 0);
+    return funcall_with_rs(io, id_gets);
 }
 
 static VALUE
@@ -2161,8 +2168,7 @@ static VALUE
 str_chomp(VALUE str)
 {
     if (!NIL_P(str)) {
-	const VALUE rs = rb_default_rs; /* rvalue in TruffleRuby */
-	rb_funcallv(str, id_chomp_bang, 1, &rs);
+	funcall_with_rs(str, id_chomp_bang);
     }
     return str;
 }
diff --git a/jruby/lib/io/console.rb b/jruby/lib/io/console.rb
index b804a93..a9cb2ce 100644
--- a/jruby/lib/io/console.rb
+++ b/jruby/lib/io/console.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ class Mode
 end
 
 backends = []
+ENV["IO_CONSOLE_BACKEND"]&.then do |be|
+  backends.concat(be.split(",").map {|b| b.split(":")})
+end&.first ||
 # If Linux or BSD, try to load the native version
 case RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os']
 when /darwin|openbsd|freebsd|netbsd/i
diff --git a/jruby/lib/io/console/common.rb b/jruby/lib/io/console/common.rb
index 1b55bac..4b3e4d6 100644
--- a/jruby/lib/io/console/common.rb
+++ b/jruby/lib/io/console/common.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module IO::Console
 
 class IO
   # TODO: Windows version uses "conin$" and "conout$" instead of /dev/tty
-  def self.console(sym = nil, *args)
+  def self.console(sym = nil, *args, **opts)
     raise TypeError, "expected Symbol, got #{sym.class}" unless sym.nil? || sym.kind_of?(Symbol)
 
     # klass = self == IO ? File : self
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def self.console(sym = nil, *args)
     end
 
     return nil unless con
-    return con.send(sym, *args) if sym
+    return con.send(sym, *args, **opts) if sym
     return con
   end
 
@@ -58,14 +58,11 @@ def getpass(prompt = nil)
     wio = self == $stdin ? $stderr : self
     wio.write(prompt) if prompt
     begin
-      str = nil
-      noecho do
-        str = gets
-      end
+      str = noecho {gets("\n")}
     ensure
-      puts($/)
+      puts
     end
-    str&.chomp
+    str&.chomp("\n")
   end
 
   def input_pending?
@@ -164,8 +161,8 @@ def getch(*)
 
     def getpass(prompt = nil)
       write(prompt) if prompt
-      str = gets&.chomp
-      puts($/)
+      str = gets("\n")&.chomp("\n")
+      puts
       str
     end
   end
diff --git a/test/io/console/test_io_console.rb b/test/io/console/test_io_console.rb
index ffc5b50..af207c8 100644
--- a/test/io/console/test_io_console.rb
+++ b/test/io/console/test_io_console.rb
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ def test_version
   end
 
   begin
-    PATHS = $LOADED_FEATURES.grep(%r"/io/console(?:\.#{RbConfig::CONFIG['DLEXT']}|\.rb|/\w+\.rb)\z") {$`}
+    paths = $LOADED_FEATURES.grep(%r"/io/console(?:\.#{RbConfig::CONFIG['DLEXT']}|\.rb|/\w+\.rb)\z") {$`}
   rescue Encoding::CompatibilityError
     $stderr.puts "test_io_console.rb debug"
     $LOADED_FEATURES.each{|path| $stderr.puts [path, path.encoding].inspect}
     raise
   end
-  PATHS.uniq!
-  INCLUDE_OPTS = "-I#{PATHS.join(File::PATH_SEPARATOR)}"
+  paths.uniq!
+  INCLUDE_OPTS = "-I#{paths.join(File::PATH_SEPARATOR)}".freeze
 
   # FreeBSD seems to hang on TTOU when running parallel tests
   # tested on FreeBSD 11.x.
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ def test_bad_keyword
   end
 
   TTY_ENHANCED = IO.instance_method(:tty?).arity != 0
+  TTY_MODE_STTY = IO.private_method_defined?(:_io_console_stty)
 
   def test_tty?
     pend "not supported" unless TTY_ENHANCED
@@ -348,7 +349,9 @@ def test_getpass
       assert_equal("\r\n", r.gets)
       assert_equal("\"asdf\"", r.gets.chomp)
     end
+  end
 
+  def test_getpass_eof
     run_pty("p IO.console.getpass('> ')") do |r, w|
       assert_equal("> ", r.readpartial(10))
       sleep 0.1
@@ -357,7 +360,9 @@ def test_getpass
       assert_equal("\r\n", r.gets)
       assert_equal("\"asdf\"", r.gets.chomp)
     end
+  end
 
+  def test_getpass_rs
     run_pty("$VERBOSE, $/ = nil, '.'; p IO.console.getpass('> ')") do |r, w|
       assert_equal("> ", r.readpartial(10))
       sleep 0.1
@@ -380,7 +385,7 @@ def test_getpass_empty
   end
 
   def test_iflush
-    pend "stty cannot flush terminal queues" if IO.private_method_defined?(:_io_console_stty)
+    pend "stty cannot flush terminal queues" if TTY_MODE_STTY
 
     helper {|m, s|
       m.print "a"
@@ -403,7 +408,7 @@ def test_oflush
   end
 
   def test_ioflush
-    pend "stty cannot flush terminal queues" if IO.private_method_defined?(:_io_console_stty)
+    pend "stty cannot flush terminal queues" if TTY_MODE_STTY
 
     helper {|m, s|
       m.print "a"
diff --git a/test/io/console/test_ractor.rb b/test/io/console/test_ractor.rb
index dff0c67..374db1f 100644
--- a/test/io/console/test_ractor.rb
+++ b/test/io/console/test_ractor.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 class TestIOConsoleInRactor < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_ractor
     ext = "/io/console.#{RbConfig::CONFIG['DLEXT']}"
-    path = $".find {|path| path.end_with?(ext)}
+    path = $".find {|path| path.end_with?(ext)} || "io/console"
     assert_in_out_err(%W[-r#{path}], "#{<<~"begin;"}\n#{<<~'end;'}", ["true"], [])
     begin;
       class Ractor