diff --git a/configs/aimeeos_qemu_aarch64_defconfig b/configs/aimeeos_qemu_aarch64_defconfig
index 1e3b5b1..55ae46c 100644
--- a/configs/aimeeos_qemu_aarch64_defconfig
+++ b/configs/aimeeos_qemu_aarch64_defconfig
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y
 # BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX is not set
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 AIMEEOS=y
+AIMEEOS_DEFAULT_ROOTFLAGS="systemd.mask=serial-getty@ttyAMA0 systemd.debug_shell systemd.default_debug_tty=ttyAMA0"
 BR2_TARGET_GRUB2_BUILTIN_MODULES_EFI="boot configfile echo efi_gop fat gzio linux loadenv minicmd normal part_gpt probe regexp squash4 terminfo test zstd"