diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-packet/files/grub.cfg b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-packet/files/grub.cfg
index df9fbffaf2..427a9c68b6 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-packet/files/grub.cfg
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-packet/files/grub.cfg
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # CoreOS GRUB settings
 
 set oem_id="packet"
+set linux_append="coreos.autologin"
 
 if [ "$grub_cpu" = i386 ]; then
     set linux_console="console=tty0 console=ttyS1,115200n8"
-    set linux_append="vga=773"
+    set linux_append="$linux_append vga=773"
 fi