diff --git a/android/vm/src/run.rs b/android/vm/src/run.rs
index 2157ea8..0037327 100644
--- a/android/vm/src/run.rs
+++ b/android/vm/src/run.rs
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@
         } else {
             bail!("unexpected architecture!");
         }
+        custom_config.extraKernelCmdlineParams.push(String::from("keep_bootcon"));
     }
 
     let vm_config = VirtualMachineConfig::AppConfig(VirtualMachineAppConfig {