diff --git a/repos/gems/src/server/tcp_terminal/main.cc b/repos/gems/src/server/tcp_terminal/main.cc
index e4ef90b14c..c6700a01ba 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/server/tcp_terminal/main.cc
+++ b/repos/gems/src/server/tcp_terminal/main.cc
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class Open_socket : public Genode::List<Open_socket>::Element
 			socklen_t len = sizeof(addr);
 			_sd = accept(_listen_sd, &addr, &len);
 
-			if (_sd > 0)
+			if (_sd != -1)
 				Genode::printf("connection established\n");
 
 			/*
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ class Open_socket : public Genode::List<Open_socket>::Element
 			if (_read_buf_bytes_read >= _read_buf_bytes_used)
 				_read_buf_bytes_used = _read_buf_bytes_read = 0;
 
+			/* notify client if there are still bytes available for reading */
+			if (_read_avail_sigh.valid() && !read_buffer_empty())
+				Genode::Signal_transmitter(_read_avail_sigh).submit();
+
 			return num_bytes;
 		}