diff --git a/src/Application.h b/src/Application.h
--- a/src/Application.h
+++ b/src/Application.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 namespace Konsole {
 class MainWindow;
 class Session;
+class TerminalDisplay;
 
 /**
  * The Konsole Application.
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void createWindow(Profile::Ptr profile, const QString &directory);
-    void detachView(Session *session);
+    void detachView(Session *session, TerminalDisplay *view);
 
     void toggleBackgroundInstance();
 
diff --git a/src/Application.cpp b/src/Application.cpp
--- a/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Application.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "ShellCommand.h"
 #include "KonsoleSettings.h"
 #include "ViewManager.h"
+#include "TerminalDisplay.h"
 #include "SessionController.h"
 #include "WindowSystemInfo.h"
 
@@ -181,10 +182,10 @@
     finalizeNewMainWindow(window);
 }
 
-void Application::detachView(Session *session)
+void Application::detachView(Session *session, TerminalDisplay *view)
 {
     MainWindow *window = newMainWindow();
-    window->createView(session);
+    window->createView(session, view);
 
     // When detaching a view, the size of the new window should equal the
     // size of the source window
diff --git a/src/MainWindow.h b/src/MainWindow.h
--- a/src/MainWindow.h
+++ b/src/MainWindow.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 class ViewProperties;
 class Session;
 class SessionController;
+class TerminalDisplay;
 class ProfileList;
 class BookmarkHandler;
 
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@
     /**
      * create view for the specified session
      */
-    void createView(Session *session);
+    void createView(Session *session, TerminalDisplay *detachedView = nullptr);
 
     /**
      * Helper method to make this window get input focus
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@
     /**
      * Emitted when a view for one session is detached from this window
      */
-    void viewDetached(Session *session);
+    void viewDetached(Session *session, TerminalDisplay *view);
 
 protected:
     // Reimplemented for internal reasons.
diff --git a/src/MainWindow.cpp b/src/MainWindow.cpp
--- a/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include "ProfileList.h"
 #include "Session.h"
 #include "ViewManager.h"
+#include "TerminalDisplay.h"
 #include "SessionManager.h"
 #include "ProfileManager.h"
 #include "KonsoleSettings.h"
@@ -542,9 +543,9 @@
     return session;
 }
 
-void MainWindow::createView(Session *session)
+void MainWindow::createView(Session *session, TerminalDisplay *detachedView)
 {
-    _viewManager->createView(session);
+    _viewManager->createView(session, detachedView);
 }
 
 void MainWindow::setFocus()
diff --git a/src/ViewManager.h b/src/ViewManager.h
--- a/src/ViewManager.h
+++ b/src/ViewManager.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
      * Creates a new view to display the output from and deliver input to @p session.
      * Constructs a new container to hold the views if no container has yet been created.
      */
-    void createView(Session *session);
+    void createView(Session *session, TerminalDisplay *detachedView = nullptr);
 
     /**
      * Applies the view-specific settings associated with specified @p profile
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
     void empty();
 
     /** Emitted when a session is detached from a view owned by this ViewManager */
-    void viewDetached(Session *session);
+    void viewDetached(Session *session, TerminalDisplay *view);
 
     /**
      * Emitted when the active view changes.
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
 private:
     Q_DISABLE_COPY(ViewManager)
 
-    void createView(Session *session, ViewContainer *container, int index);
+    void createView(Session *session, ViewContainer *container, int index, TerminalDisplay *detachedView = nullptr);
     static const ColorScheme *colorSchemeForProfile(const Profile::Ptr profile);
 
     void setupActions();
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
     // creates a new terminal display
     // the 'session' is used so that the terminal display's random seed
     // can be set to something which depends uniquely on that session
-    TerminalDisplay *createTerminalDisplay(Session *session = nullptr);
+    TerminalDisplay *createTerminalDisplay(Session *session = nullptr, TerminalDisplay *detachedView = nullptr);
 
     // creates a new controller for a session/display pair which provides the menu
     // actions associated with that view, and exposes basic information
diff --git a/src/ViewManager.cpp b/src/ViewManager.cpp
--- a/src/ViewManager.cpp
+++ b/src/ViewManager.cpp
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
     if (sessionToDetach == nullptr) {
         return;
     }
-    emit viewDetached(sessionToDetach);
+    emit viewDetached(sessionToDetach, viewToDetach);
 
     _sessionMap.remove(viewToDetach);
 
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
     // container and create a new view for that session in a new container
     foreach (QWidget *view, _viewSplitter->activeContainer()->views()) {
         Session *session = _sessionMap[qobject_cast<TerminalDisplay *>(view)];
-        TerminalDisplay *display = createTerminalDisplay(session);
+        TerminalDisplay *display = createTerminalDisplay(session, qobject_cast<TerminalDisplay *>(view));
         const Profile::Ptr profile = SessionManager::instance()->sessionProfile(session);
         applyProfileToView(display, profile);
         ViewProperties *properties = createController(session, display);
@@ -577,16 +577,16 @@
     return _viewSplitter->activeSplitter()->activeContainer()->searchBar();
 }
 
-void ViewManager::createView(Session *session, ViewContainer *container, int index)
+void ViewManager::createView(Session *session, ViewContainer *container, int index, TerminalDisplay *detachedView)
 {
     // notify this view manager when the session finishes so that its view
     // can be deleted
     //
     // Use Qt::UniqueConnection to avoid duplicate connection
     connect(session, &Konsole::Session::finished, this, &Konsole::ViewManager::sessionFinished,
             Qt::UniqueConnection);
 
-    TerminalDisplay *display = createTerminalDisplay(session);
+    TerminalDisplay *display = createTerminalDisplay(session, detachedView);
     const Profile::Ptr profile = SessionManager::instance()->sessionProfile(session);
     applyProfileToView(display, profile);
 
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@
     updateDetachViewState();
 }
 
-void ViewManager::createView(Session *session)
+void ViewManager::createView(Session *session, TerminalDisplay *detachedView)
 {
     // create the default container
     if (_viewSplitter->containers().count() == 0) {
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@
     // and create a new terminal display for the session in each of them, along with
     // a controller for the session/display pair
     foreach (ViewContainer *container, _viewSplitter->containers()) {
-        createView(session, container, index);
+        createView(session, container, index, detachedView);
     }
 }
 
@@ -845,11 +845,22 @@
 //        emit unplugController(_pluggedController);
 }
 
-TerminalDisplay *ViewManager::createTerminalDisplay(Session *session)
+TerminalDisplay *ViewManager::createTerminalDisplay(Session *session, TerminalDisplay *detachedView)
 {
     auto display = new TerminalDisplay(nullptr);
     display->setRandomSeed(session->sessionId() * 31);
 
+    if (detachedView != nullptr) {
+        if (detachedView->flowControlWarningEnabled()) {
+            display->setFlowControlWarningEnabled(true);
+
+            // Without the timer the display becomes really small
+            QTimer::singleShot(0, this, [display]() {
+                display->outputSuspended(true);
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
     return display;
 }