diff --git a/src/Devolutions.Terminal.App/Platform/WindowsSurfaceRecovery.cs b/src/Devolutions.Terminal.App/Platform/WindowsSurfaceRecovery.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dd5883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Devolutions.Terminal.App/Platform/WindowsSurfaceRecovery.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Runtime.Versioning;
+using Avalonia.Controls;
+using Avalonia.Interactivity;
+using Avalonia.Threading;
+
+namespace Devolutions.Terminal.App.Platform;
+
+// Avalonia renders each window into a Windows.UI.Composition drawing surface.
+// Windows can drop that surface's contents while the display is off, the session
+// is locked or the GPU is reset, and Avalonia neither listens for
+// RenderingDeviceReplaced nor presents frames while nothing is damaged. An idle
+// terminal then shows only the window backdrop until something happens to repaint
+// it. When the display comes back, a WM_PAINT makes Avalonia redraw the whole
+// scene, which also recreates the render target if the device was lost.
+public static partial class WindowsSurfaceRecovery
+{
+    internal const uint WmDestroy = 0x0002;
+    internal const uint WmDisplayChange = 0x007E;
+    internal const uint WmPowerBroadcast = 0x0218;
+    internal const uint WmWtsSessionChange = 0x02B1;
+    internal const nint PbtApmResumeSuspend = 0x0007;
+    internal const nint PbtApmResumeAutomatic = 0x0012;
+    internal const nint PbtPowerSettingChange = 0x8013;
+    internal const nint WtsConsoleConnect = 0x1;
+    internal const nint WtsRemoteConnect = 0x3;
+    internal const nint WtsSessionUnlock = 0x8;
+    internal const uint DisplayStateOff = 0;
+
+    // GUID_CONSOLE_DISPLAY_STATE: 0 = off, 1 = on, 2 = dimmed.
+    internal static readonly Guid ConsoleDisplayState = new("6FE69556-704A-47A0-8F24-C28D936FDA47");
+
+    // The display-on notification can arrive before the display stack has finished
+    // reconfiguring, so repaint once more after it settles.
+    private static readonly TimeSpan SettledRepaintDelay = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
+    private const uint DeviceNotifyWindowHandle = 0;
+    private const uint NotifyForThisSession = 0;
+    private static bool _installed;
+
+    public static void Install()
+    {
+        if (!OperatingSystem.IsWindows() || _installed)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        _installed = true;
+        Window.WindowOpenedEvent.AddClassHandler<Window>(OnWindowOpened);
+    }
+
+    internal static unsafe bool ShouldRepaint(uint message, nint wParam, nint lParam)
+    {
+        switch (message)
+        {
+            case WmDisplayChange:
+                return true;
+            case WmWtsSessionChange:
+                return wParam is WtsSessionUnlock or WtsConsoleConnect or WtsRemoteConnect;
+            case WmPowerBroadcast when wParam is PbtApmResumeSuspend or PbtApmResumeAutomatic:
+                return true;
+            case WmPowerBroadcast when wParam == PbtPowerSettingChange && lParam != 0:
+                var setting = (PowerBroadcastSetting*)lParam;
+                return setting->PowerSetting == ConsoleDisplayState &&
+                       setting->DataLength >= sizeof(uint) &&
+                       setting->Data != DisplayStateOff;
+            default:
+                return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void OnWindowOpened(Window window, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (!OperatingSystem.IsWindows() ||
+            window.TryGetPlatformHandle()?.Handle is not { } hwnd ||
+            hwnd == 0)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        new Registration(window, hwnd).Attach();
+    }
+
+    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+    private sealed class Registration
+    {
+        private readonly Window _window;
+        private readonly nint _hwnd;
+        private readonly Win32Properties.CustomWndProcHookCallback _hook;
+        private nint _powerNotification;
+        private bool _sessionNotification;
+        private bool _destroyed;
+
+        public Registration(Window window, nint hwnd)
+        {
+            _window = window;
+            _hwnd = hwnd;
+            _hook = OnMessage;
+        }
+
+        public void Attach()
+        {
+            var displayState = ConsoleDisplayState;
+            _powerNotification = RegisterPowerSettingNotification(
+                _hwnd,
+                in displayState,
+                DeviceNotifyWindowHandle);
+            _sessionNotification = WTSRegisterSessionNotification(_hwnd, NotifyForThisSession);
+            Win32Properties.AddWndProcHookCallback(_window, _hook);
+            _window.Closed += (_, _) => Win32Properties.RemoveWndProcHookCallback(_window, _hook);
+        }
+
+        private nint OnMessage(nint handle, uint message, nint wParam, nint lParam, ref bool handled)
+        {
+            if (message == WmDestroy)
+            {
+                Unregister();
+            }
+            else if (ShouldRepaint(message, wParam, lParam))
+            {
+                Repaint();
+                DispatcherTimer.RunOnce(Repaint, SettledRepaintDelay);
+            }
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        private void Repaint()
+        {
+            if (!_destroyed)
+            {
+                // Avalonia answers WM_PAINT with a full redraw of the composition target.
+                InvalidateRect(_hwnd, 0, false);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void Unregister()
+        {
+            _destroyed = true;
+            if (_powerNotification != 0)
+            {
+                UnregisterPowerSettingNotification(_powerNotification);
+                _powerNotification = 0;
+            }
+
+            if (_sessionNotification)
+            {
+                WTSUnRegisterSessionNotification(_hwnd);
+                _sessionNotification = false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+    internal struct PowerBroadcastSetting
+    {
+        public Guid PowerSetting;
+        public uint DataLength;
+        public uint Data;
+    }
+
+    [LibraryImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    private static partial nint RegisterPowerSettingNotification(
+        nint hRecipient,
+        in Guid powerSettingGuid,
+        uint flags);
+
+    [LibraryImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+    private static partial bool UnregisterPowerSettingNotification(nint handle);
+
+    [LibraryImport("wtsapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+    private static partial bool WTSRegisterSessionNotification(nint hWnd, uint flags);
+
+    [LibraryImport("wtsapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+    private static partial bool WTSUnRegisterSessionNotification(nint hWnd);
+
+    [LibraryImport("user32.dll")]
+    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+    private static partial bool InvalidateRect(
+        nint hWnd,
+        nint lpRect,
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] bool bErase);
+}
diff --git a/src/Devolutions.Terminal/App.axaml.cs b/src/Devolutions.Terminal/App.axaml.cs
index 49f8227..9480282 100644
--- a/src/Devolutions.Terminal/App.axaml.cs
+++ b/src/Devolutions.Terminal/App.axaml.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ public override void OnFrameworkInitializationCompleted()
         if (ApplicationLifetime is IClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetime desktop)
         {
             _desktop = desktop;
+            WindowsSurfaceRecovery.Install();
             _router = new TerminalWindowRouter(
                 desktop,
                 ConfigureWindow,
diff --git a/tests/Devolutions.Terminal.App.Tests/WindowsSurfaceRecoveryTests.cs b/tests/Devolutions.Terminal.App.Tests/WindowsSurfaceRecoveryTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70b2502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Devolutions.Terminal.App.Tests/WindowsSurfaceRecoveryTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Devolutions.Terminal.App.Platform;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Devolutions.Terminal.App.Tests;
+
+public sealed class WindowsSurfaceRecoveryTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void RepaintsWhenTheDisplayConfigurationChanges()
+    {
+        Assert.True(WindowsSurfaceRecovery.ShouldRepaint(WindowsSurfaceRecovery.WmDisplayChange, 32, 0));
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(0x8, true)] // WTS_SESSION_UNLOCK
+    [InlineData(0x1, true)] // WTS_CONSOLE_CONNECT
+    [InlineData(0x3, true)] // WTS_REMOTE_CONNECT
+    [InlineData(0x7, false)] // WTS_SESSION_LOCK
+    [InlineData(0x2, false)] // WTS_CONSOLE_DISCONNECT
+    public void RepaintsWhenTheSessionBecomesVisibleAgain(long reason, bool expected)
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(
+            expected,
+            WindowsSurfaceRecovery.ShouldRepaint(WindowsSurfaceRecovery.WmWtsSessionChange, (nint)reason, 0));
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(0x7, true)] // PBT_APMRESUMESUSPEND
+    [InlineData(0x12, true)] // PBT_APMRESUMEAUTOMATIC
+    [InlineData(0x4, false)] // PBT_APMSUSPEND
+    [InlineData(0xA, false)] // PBT_APMPOWERSTATUSCHANGE
+    public void RepaintsAfterResume(long eventType, bool expected)
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(
+            expected,
+            WindowsSurfaceRecovery.ShouldRepaint(WindowsSurfaceRecovery.WmPowerBroadcast, (nint)eventType, 0));
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(0u, false)] // off
+    [InlineData(1u, true)] // on
+    [InlineData(2u, true)] // dimmed
+    public void RepaintsWhenTheDisplayTurnsBackOn(uint state, bool expected)
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(
+            expected,
+            ShouldRepaintForPowerSetting(WindowsSurfaceRecovery.ConsoleDisplayState, state));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void IgnoresOtherPowerSettings()
+    {
+        Assert.False(ShouldRepaintForPowerSetting(Guid.NewGuid(), 1));
+        Assert.False(WindowsSurfaceRecovery.ShouldRepaint(
+            WindowsSurfaceRecovery.WmPowerBroadcast,
+            WindowsSurfaceRecovery.PbtPowerSettingChange,
+            0));
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(0x000Fu)] // WM_PAINT
+    [InlineData(0x0005u)] // WM_SIZE
+    [InlineData(0x0002u)] // WM_DESTROY
+    public void IgnoresUnrelatedMessages(uint message)
+    {
+        Assert.False(WindowsSurfaceRecovery.ShouldRepaint(message, 0x8, 0));
+    }
+
+    private static bool ShouldRepaintForPowerSetting(Guid powerSetting, uint data)
+    {
+        var buffer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(Marshal.SizeOf<WindowsSurfaceRecovery.PowerBroadcastSetting>());
+        try
+        {
+            Marshal.StructureToPtr(
+                new WindowsSurfaceRecovery.PowerBroadcastSetting
+                {
+                    PowerSetting = powerSetting,
+                    DataLength = sizeof(uint),
+                    Data = data,
+                },
+                buffer,
+                fDeleteOld: false);
+            return WindowsSurfaceRecovery.ShouldRepaint(
+                WindowsSurfaceRecovery.WmPowerBroadcast,
+                WindowsSurfaceRecovery.PbtPowerSettingChange,
+                buffer);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            Marshal.FreeHGlobal(buffer);
+        }
+    }
+}