diff --git a/meta-arm/conf/machine/qemuarm-secureboot.conf b/meta-arm/conf/machine/qemuarm-secureboot.conf
index f08b84fe..c01ca47a 100644
--- a/meta-arm/conf/machine/qemuarm-secureboot.conf
+++ b/meta-arm/conf/machine/qemuarm-secureboot.conf
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ WKS_FILE_DEPENDS = "trusted-firmware-a"
 IMAGE_BOOT_FILES = "${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}"
 
 MACHINE_FEATURES += "optee-ftpm"
+
+SERIAL_CONSOLES = "115200;ttyAMA0"
+KERNEL_CONSOLE ?= "${@','.join(d.getVar('SERIAL_CONSOLES').split(' ')[0].split(';')[::-1]) or 'ttyS0'}"
diff --git a/meta-arm/conf/machine/qemuarm64-secureboot.conf b/meta-arm/conf/machine/qemuarm64-secureboot.conf
index 78a39c03..2f8c093a 100644
--- a/meta-arm/conf/machine/qemuarm64-secureboot.conf
+++ b/meta-arm/conf/machine/qemuarm64-secureboot.conf
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ WKS_FILE_DEPENDS = "trusted-firmware-a"
 IMAGE_BOOT_FILES = "${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}"
 
 MACHINE_FEATURES += "optee-ftpm"
+
+SERIAL_CONSOLES = "115200;ttyAMA0"
+KERNEL_CONSOLE ?= "${@','.join(d.getVar('SERIAL_CONSOLES').split(' ')[0].split(';')[::-1]) or 'ttyS0'}"