diff --git a/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2-noemgd.conf b/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2-noemgd.conf
index b02e0374..867cf7f1 100644
--- a/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2-noemgd.conf
+++ b/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2-noemgd.conf
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ XSERVER ?= "xserver-xf86-dri-lite \
            xf86-input-synaptics \
            xf86-video-vesa"
 
+SYSLINUX_OPTS = "serial 0 115200"
 SERIAL_CONSOLE = "115200 ttyS0"
+APPEND += "console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0"
 
 MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-modules eee-acpi-scripts"
 
diff --git a/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2.conf b/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2.conf
index eab4b505..49d72249 100644
--- a/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2.conf
+++ b/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2.conf
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ XSERVER ?= "xserver-xf86-dri-lite \
 PREFERRED_VERSION_xserver-xf86-dri-lite ?= "1.9.3"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_emgd-driver-bin ?= "1.8"
 
+SYSLINUX_OPTS = "serial 0 115200"
 SERIAL_CONSOLE = "115200 ttyS0"
+APPEND += "console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0"
 
 MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-modules eee-acpi-scripts"