diff --git a/alpine/Makefile b/alpine/Makefile
index 7e2e2eff4..bfb7992e6 100644
--- a/alpine/Makefile
+++ b/alpine/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ETCFILES+=etc/init.d/chronyd
 ETCFILES+=etc/init.d/9pinit etc/init.d/9pudc etc/init.d/mdnstool
 ETCFILES+=etc/init.d/automount
 ETCFILES+=etc/conf.d/docker
+ETCFILES+=etc/securetty
 
 initrd.img: Dockerfile mkinitrd.sh repositories $(ETCFILES)
 	rm -f initrd.img
diff --git a/alpine/etc/securetty b/alpine/etc/securetty
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a33f0393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alpine/etc/securetty
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+console
+ttyS0