diff --git a/drivers/video/vidconsole-uclass.c b/drivers/video/vidconsole-uclass.c
index bea563a6c5b7ebf25334df75aab8194842b8432b..f6326b6e0720d734a40fb9bb1f2c63c6ebb6f291 100644
--- a/drivers/video/vidconsole-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/video/vidconsole-uclass.c
@@ -57,9 +57,17 @@ static int vidconsole_entry_start(struct udevice *dev)
 }
 
 /* Move backwards one space */
-static void vidconsole_back(struct udevice *dev)
+static int vidconsole_back(struct udevice *dev)
 {
 	struct vidconsole_priv *priv = dev_get_uclass_priv(dev);
+	struct vidconsole_ops *ops = vidconsole_get_ops(dev);
+	int ret;
+
+	if (ops->backspace) {
+		ret = ops->backspace(dev);
+		if (ret != -ENOSYS)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
 	priv->xcur_frac -= VID_TO_POS(priv->x_charsize);
 	if (priv->xcur_frac < priv->xstart_frac) {
@@ -69,6 +77,8 @@ static void vidconsole_back(struct udevice *dev)
 		if (priv->ycur < 0)
 			priv->ycur = 0;
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* Move to a newline, scrolling the display if necessary */
diff --git a/include/video_console.h b/include/video_console.h
index 36c4e138122c70dac3f6080c1e81a02988b4b45b..26047934da8c59b4646caa6cb9f8a631d1ce0561 100644
--- a/include/video_console.h
+++ b/include/video_console.h
@@ -101,6 +101,20 @@ struct vidconsole_ops {
 	 * positions.
 	 */
 	int (*entry_start)(struct udevice *dev);
+
+	/**
+	 * backspace() - Handle erasing the last character
+	 *
+	 * With proportional fonts the vidconsole uclass cannot itself erase
+	 * the previous character. This optional method will be called when
+	 * a backspace is needed. The driver should erase the previous
+	 * character and update the cursor position (xcur_frac, ycur) to the
+	 * start of the previous character.
+	 *
+	 * If not implement, default behaviour will work for fixed-width
+	 * characters.
+	 */
+	int (*backspace)(struct udevice *dev);
 };
 
 /* Get a pointer to the driver operations for a video console device */