diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1debf95..a00484d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 - Add deprecation note
 - Remove all references to the crossterm book
+- `sys::unix::RAW_MODE_ENABLED` replaced with `sys::unix::is_raw_mode_enabled()` (breaking)
+- New `lazy_static` dependency
 
 # Version 0.3.1
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 93f503a..18ef395 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ crossterm_winapi = { version = "0.2.1" }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 libc = "0.2.51"
+
+[dependencies]
+lazy_static = "1.4"
diff --git a/src/sys/unix.rs b/src/sys/unix.rs
index db0902f..6f20ba8 100644
--- a/src/sys/unix.rs
+++ b/src/sys/unix.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
 //! This module contains all `unix` specific terminal related logic.
 
+use std::sync::Mutex;
 use std::{io, mem};
 
 pub use libc::termios as Termios;
 use libc::{cfmakeraw, tcgetattr, tcsetattr, STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW};
 
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+
 use crate::{ErrorKind, Result};
 
-static mut ORIGINAL_TERMINAL_MODE: Option<Termios> = None;
-pub static mut RAW_MODE_ENABLED: bool = false;
+lazy_static! {
+    // Some(Termios) -> we're in the raw mode and this is the previous mode
+    // None -> we're not in the raw mode
+    static ref TERMINAL_MODE_PRIOR_RAW_MODE: Mutex<Option<Termios>> = Mutex::new(None);
+}
+
+pub fn is_raw_mode_enabled() -> bool {
+    TERMINAL_MODE_PRIOR_RAW_MODE.lock().unwrap().is_some()
+}
 
 fn wrap_with_result(t: i32) -> Result<()> {
     if t == -1 {
@@ -36,27 +46,32 @@ pub fn set_terminal_attr(termios: &Termios) -> Result<()> {
 }
 
 pub fn enable_raw_mode() -> Result<()> {
-    let mut ios = get_terminal_attr()?;
-    let prev_ios = ios;
-
-    unsafe {
-        if ORIGINAL_TERMINAL_MODE.is_none() {
-            ORIGINAL_TERMINAL_MODE = Some(prev_ios.clone());
-        }
+    let mut original_mode = TERMINAL_MODE_PRIOR_RAW_MODE.lock().unwrap();
 
-        RAW_MODE_ENABLED = true;
+    if original_mode.is_some() {
+        return Ok(());
     }
+
+    let mut ios = get_terminal_attr()?;
+    let original_mode_ios = ios;
+
     raw_terminal_attr(&mut ios);
     set_terminal_attr(&ios)?;
+
+    // Keep it last - set the original mode only if we were able to switch to the raw mode
+    *original_mode = Some(original_mode_ios);
+
     Ok(())
 }
 
 pub fn disable_raw_mode() -> Result<()> {
-    unsafe {
-        if let Some(original_terminal_mode) = ORIGINAL_TERMINAL_MODE.as_ref() {
-            set_terminal_attr(original_terminal_mode)?;
-            RAW_MODE_ENABLED = false;
-        }
+    let mut original_mode = TERMINAL_MODE_PRIOR_RAW_MODE.lock().unwrap();
+
+    if let Some(original_mode_ios) = original_mode.as_ref() {
+        set_terminal_attr(original_mode_ios)?;
+        // Keep it last - remove the original mode only if we were able to switch back
+        *original_mode = None;
     }
+
     Ok(())
 }