diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/grub-ec2.cfg b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/grub-ec2.cfg
index 1d5517e5ed..12caf6e64c 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/grub-ec2.cfg
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/grub-ec2.cfg
@@ -5,3 +5,10 @@ set oem_id="ec2"
 # Blacklist the Xen framebuffer module so it doesn't get loaded at boot
 # Disable `ens3` style names, so eth0 is used for both ixgbevf or xen.
 set linux_append="modprobe.blacklist=xen_fbfront net.ifnames=0"
+
+if [ "$grub_platform" = pc ]; then
+	set linux_console="console=ttyS0,115200n8"
+	serial com0 --speed=115200 --word=8 --parity=no
+	terminal_input serial_com0
+	terminal_output serial_com0
+fi
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/oem-ec2-compat-0.0.6.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/oem-ec2-compat-0.0.7.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/oem-ec2-compat-0.0.6.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/oem-ec2-compat-0.0.7.ebuild