diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit-inittab/start_getty b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit-inittab/start_getty
index 6eaeb7a2b0..e3d052a840 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit-inittab/start_getty
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit-inittab/start_getty
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 if [ -c /dev/$2 ]
 then 
-	/sbin/getty -L $1 $2
+	/sbin/getty -L $1 $2 $3
 fi
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit-inittab_2.88dsf.bb b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit-inittab_2.88dsf.bb
index f136ad821b..c219cbf9a7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit-inittab_2.88dsf.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit-inittab_2.88dsf.bb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ do_install() {
 	j=`echo ${i} | sed s/\;/\ /g`
 	l=`echo ${i} | sed -e 's/tty//' -e 's/^.*;//' -e 's/;.*//'`
 	label=`echo $l | sed 's/.*\(....\)/\1/'`
-	echo "$label:12345:respawn:${base_bindir}/start_getty ${j}" >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/inittab
+	echo "$label:12345:respawn:${base_bindir}/start_getty ${j} vt102" >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/inittab
     done
 
     if [ "${USE_VT}" = "1" ]; then