diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/cmdline_generator.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/cmdline_generator.rs
index 950c38fafa..3e3a919ff9 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/cmdline_generator.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/cmdline_generator.rs
@@ -528,13 +528,11 @@ impl ChardevSocket {
         }
     }
 
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
     fn set_server(&mut self, server: bool) -> &mut Self {
         self.server = server;
         self
     }
 
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
     fn set_wait(&mut self, wait: bool) -> &mut Self {
         self.wait = wait;
         self
@@ -556,6 +554,8 @@ impl ToQemuParams for ChardevSocket {
             params.push("server=on".to_owned());
             if self.wait {
                 params.push("wait=on".to_owned());
+            } else {
+                params.push("wait=off".to_owned());
             }
         }
         params.append(&mut self.protocol_options.qemu_params().await?);
@@ -911,6 +911,57 @@ impl ToQemuParams for NetDevice {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct DeviceVirtioSerial {
+    id: String,
+    bus_type: VirtioBusType,
+}
+
+impl DeviceVirtioSerial {
+    fn new(id: &str, bus_type: VirtioBusType) -> DeviceVirtioSerial {
+        DeviceVirtioSerial {
+            id: id.to_owned(),
+            bus_type,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl ToQemuParams for DeviceVirtioSerial {
+    async fn qemu_params(&self) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
+        let mut params = Vec::new();
+        params.push(format!("virtio-serial-{}", self.bus_type));
+        params.push(format!("id={}", self.id));
+        Ok(vec!["-device".to_owned(), params.join(",")])
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct DeviceVirtconsole {
+    id: String,
+    chardev: String,
+}
+
+impl DeviceVirtconsole {
+    fn new(id: &str, chardev: &str) -> DeviceVirtconsole {
+        DeviceVirtconsole {
+            id: id.to_owned(),
+            chardev: chardev.to_owned(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl ToQemuParams for DeviceVirtconsole {
+    async fn qemu_params(&self) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
+        let mut params = Vec::new();
+        params.push("virtconsole".to_owned());
+        params.push(format!("id={}", self.id));
+        params.push(format!("chardev={}", self.chardev));
+        Ok(vec!["-device".to_owned(), params.join(",")])
+    }
+}
+
 fn is_running_in_vm() -> Result<bool> {
     let res = read_to_string("/proc/cpuinfo")?
         .lines()
@@ -1098,6 +1149,23 @@ impl<'a> QemuCmdLine<'a> {
         Ok(fds)
     }
 
+    pub fn add_console(&mut self, console_socket_path: &str) {
+        let serial_dev = DeviceVirtioSerial::new("serial0", self.bus_type());
+        self.devices.push(Box::new(serial_dev));
+
+        let chardev_name = "charconsole0";
+        let console_device = DeviceVirtconsole::new("console0", chardev_name);
+        self.devices.push(Box::new(console_device));
+
+        let mut console_socket_chardev = ChardevSocket::new(chardev_name);
+        console_socket_chardev.set_socket_opts(ProtocolOptions::Unix(UnixSocketOpts {
+            path: console_socket_path.to_owned(),
+        }));
+        console_socket_chardev.set_server(true);
+        console_socket_chardev.set_wait(false);
+        self.devices.push(Box::new(console_socket_chardev));
+    }
+
     pub async fn build(&self) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
         let mut result = Vec::new();
 
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/inner.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/inner.rs
index 23c9bc7ab8..310f75c710 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/inner.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/qemu/inner.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use kata_types::{
 use persist::sandbox_persist::Persist;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::Stdio;
 use tokio::{
     io::{AsyncBufReadExt, BufReader},
@@ -128,6 +129,10 @@ impl QemuInner {
         // `tty` in it to get its device file path and use it as the argument).
         //cmdline.add_serial_console("/dev/pts/23");
 
+        // Add a console to the devices of the cmdline
+        let console_socket_path = Path::new(&self.get_jailer_root().await?).join("console.sock");
+        cmdline.add_console(console_socket_path.to_str().unwrap());
+
         info!(sl!(), "qemu args: {}", cmdline.build().await?.join(" "));
         let mut command = Command::new(&self.config.path);
         command.args(cmdline.build().await?);