diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/ld.so.preload b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/ld.so.preload
index 5e9332843b5..cfa850b8356 100644
--- a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/ld.so.preload
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/overwrite_before_init/etc/ld.so.preload
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-# the used qemu-kernel doesn't work well with this library, so get rid of it
 #/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcofi_rpi.so
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/posbox_create_image.sh b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/posbox_create_image.sh
index 2a2a0dd9425..9e65410f8fe 100755
--- a/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/posbox_create_image.sh
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/tools/posbox/posbox_create_image.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ umount "${MOUNT_POINT}"
 
 # from http://paulscott.co.za/blog/full-raspberry-pi-raspbian-emulation-with-qemu/
 # ssh pi@localhost -p10022
-qemu-system-arm -kernel kernel-qemu -cpu arm1176 -m 256 -M versatilepb -no-reboot -serial stdio -append "root=/dev/sda2 panic=1 rootfstype=ext4 rw" -hda posbox.img -net user,hostfwd=tcp::10022-:22,hostfwd=tcp::18069-:8069 -net nic
+QEMU_OPTS=(-kernel kernel-qemu -cpu arm1176 -m 256 -M versatilepb -no-reboot -serial stdio -append 'root=/dev/sda2 panic=1 rootfstype=ext4 rw' -hda posbox.img -net user,hostfwd=tcp::10022-:22,hostfwd=tcp::18069-:8069 -net nic)
+if [ -z ${DISPLAY:-} ] ; then
+    QEMU_OPTS+=(-nographic)
+fi
+qemu-system-arm "${QEMU_OPTS[@]}"
 
 mount "${LOOP_MAPPER_PATH}" "${MOUNT_POINT}"
 cp -av "${OVERWRITE_FILES_AFTER_INIT_DIR}"/* "${MOUNT_POINT}"