diff --git a/base/images/vm-base/vm-base.kiwi b/base/images/vm-base/vm-base.kiwi
index cf73d3a9241..c5b1fb4aebb 100644
--- a/base/images/vm-base/vm-base.kiwi
+++ b/base/images/vm-base/vm-base.kiwi
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             eficsm="false"
             bootpartition="false"
             efipartsize="200">
-            <bootloader name="grub2" timeout="0" />
+            <bootloader name="grub2" bls="true" console="serial" timeout="0" />
             <size unit="M">4096</size>
             <initrd action="setup">
                 <dracut uefi="false"/>