diff --git a/src/uifc/uifc.h b/src/uifc/uifc.h
index a8db4eedf77853f30b0194927f83461e149d4b7e..4cf27ba92c00856b47820bf6f2898b92fa92e67e 100644
--- a/src/uifc/uifc.h
+++ b/src/uifc/uifc.h
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 #define CR		'\r'				/* Carriage return			^M	*/
 #define ESC 	0x1b				/* Escape					^[	*/
 #define SP      ' '                 /* Space                        */
-
+#define DEL     0x7f                /* Delete                   ^BS */
 #endif
 
 #define CLREOL 256