diff --git a/configs/aarch64_defconfig b/configs/aarch64_defconfig
index 5c36c907..11543b60 100644
--- a/configs/aarch64_defconfig
+++ b/configs/aarch64_defconfig
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE="system/device_table.txt ${BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH}/board/common/xattrs"
 # BR2_TARGET_ENABLE_ROOT_LOGIN is not set
 BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_BASH=y
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="@console"
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_TERM="xterm"
 BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST="C en_US en_CA"
diff --git a/configs/r2s_defconfig b/configs/r2s_defconfig
index da4a9258..9fa864a5 100644
--- a/configs/r2s_defconfig
+++ b/configs/r2s_defconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE="system/device_table.txt ${BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH}/board/common/xattrs ${BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH}/board/netconf/xattrs"
 # BR2_TARGET_ENABLE_ROOT_LOGIN is not set
 BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_BASH=y
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="@console"
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_TERM="xterm"
 BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST="C en_US en_CA"
diff --git a/configs/x86_64_defconfig b/configs/x86_64_defconfig
index fa650477..fb57c41d 100644
--- a/configs/x86_64_defconfig
+++ b/configs/x86_64_defconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE="system/device_table.txt ${BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH}/board/common/xattrs"
 # BR2_TARGET_ENABLE_ROOT_LOGIN is not set
 BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_BASH=y
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="@console"
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_TERM="xterm"
 BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST="C en_US en_CA"