diff --git a/configs/aarch64_defconfig b/configs/aarch64_defconfig
index 9fe3ff7f..df427d77 100644
--- a/configs/aarch64_defconfig
+++ b/configs/aarch64_defconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ BR2_INIT_FINIT=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE="system/device_table.txt $(BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH)/board/common/xattrs"
 BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_BASH=y
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_TERM="linux"
 BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST="C en_US en_CA"
 BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE="en_US en_CA"
diff --git a/configs/amd64_defconfig b/configs/amd64_defconfig
index 6f253fbb..8cecca3f 100644
--- a/configs/amd64_defconfig
+++ b/configs/amd64_defconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ BR2_INIT_FINIT=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE="system/device_table.txt $(BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH)/board/common/xattrs"
 BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_BASH=y
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_TERM="linux"
 BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST="C en_US en_CA"
 BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE="en_US en_CA"