diff --git a/alpine/Makefile b/alpine/Makefile
index 67b9f9060..0346bbcb9 100644
--- a/alpine/Makefile
+++ b/alpine/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 all:	initrd.img.gz mobylinux-efi.iso
 
 ETCFILES=etc/issue etc/motd etc/network/interfaces
-ETCFILES+=etc/securetty
+ETCFILES+=etc/securetty etc/inittab
 
-initrd.img: Dockerfile mkinitrd.sh $(ETCFILES)
+initrd.img: Dockerfile mkinitrd.sh init $(ETCFILES)
 	rm -f initrd.img
 	$(MAKE) -C packages
 	$(MAKE) -C kernel
-	cp inittab.x86_64 etc/inittab
 	docker-compose build moby
 	docker-compose run --rm -T moby /bin/mkinitrd.sh
 
diff --git a/alpine/inittab.armhf b/alpine/etc/inittab
similarity index 72%
rename from alpine/inittab.armhf
rename to alpine/etc/inittab
index d641de0ab..33ae471da 100644
--- a/alpine/inittab.armhf
+++ b/alpine/etc/inittab
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
 ::sysinit:/sbin/openrc boot
 ::wait:/sbin/openrc default
 
-# Put a getty on the serial port
-ttyAMA0::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyAMA0 115200 vt100
-
 # Stuff to do for the 3-finger salute
 ::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot
 
 # Stuff to do before rebooting
 ::shutdown:/sbin/rc shutdown
+
diff --git a/alpine/init b/alpine/init
index 8261480bb..5519d5b3f 100755
--- a/alpine/init
+++ b/alpine/init
@@ -1,7 +1,43 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+setup_console() {
+	tty=${1%,*}
+	speed=${1#*,}
+	inittab="$2"
+	securetty="$3"
+	line=
+	term="linux"
+	[ "$speed" = "$1" ] && speed=115200
+
+	case "$tty" in
+	ttyS*|ttyAMA*|ttyUSB*|ttyMFD*)
+		line="-L"
+		term="vt100"
+		;;
+	tty0)
+		# skip current console
+		return 0
+		;;
+	esac
+	# skip consoles already in inittab
+	grep -q "^$tty:" "$inittab" && return
+
+	echo "$tty::respawn:/sbin/getty $line $speed $tty $term" >> "$inittab"
+	if ! grep -q -w "$tty" "$securetty"; then
+		echo "$tty" >> "$securetty"
+	fi
+}
+
 /bin/mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /mnt
 
 /bin/cp -a / /mnt 2>/dev/null
 
+/bin/mount -t proc -o noexec,nosuid,nodev proc /proc
+for opt in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
+	case "$opt" in
+	console=*)
+		setup_console ${opt#console=} /mnt/etc/inittab /mnt/etc/securetty;;
+	esac
+done
+
 exec /bin/busybox switch_root /mnt /sbin/init
diff --git a/alpine/inittab.x86_64 b/alpine/inittab.x86_64
deleted file mode 100644
index ba4999ea5..000000000
--- a/alpine/inittab.x86_64
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# /etc/inittab
-
-::sysinit:/sbin/openrc sysinit
-::sysinit:/sbin/openrc boot
-::wait:/sbin/openrc default
-
-# Put a getty on the serial port
-ttyS0::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100
-
-# Put a getty on the console
-tty1::respawn:/sbin/getty 115200 tty1 linux
-
-# Stuff to do for the 3-finger salute
-::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot
-
-# Stuff to do before rebooting
-::shutdown:/sbin/rc shutdown