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 11997a702f..df9fbffaf2 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
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 # CoreOS GRUB settings
 
 set oem_id="packet"
+
+if [ "$grub_cpu" = i386 ]; then
+    set linux_console="console=tty0 console=ttyS1,115200n8"
+    set linux_append="vga=773"
+fi