diff --git a/alpine/etc/securetty b/alpine/etc/securetty
index 4febc1aa9..a04e4f2a6 100644
--- a/alpine/etc/securetty
+++ b/alpine/etc/securetty
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 console
 ttyS0
 ttyAMA0
+tty1
diff --git a/alpine/inittab.x86_64 b/alpine/inittab.x86_64
index 7b447a309..ba4999ea5 100644
--- a/alpine/inittab.x86_64
+++ b/alpine/inittab.x86_64
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 # 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
 
diff --git a/alpine/isolinux.cfg b/alpine/isolinux.cfg
index 5a15eb15c..499bdfce7 100644
--- a/alpine/isolinux.cfg
+++ b/alpine/isolinux.cfg
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ DEFAULT linux
 LABEL linux
     KERNEL /vmlinuz64
     INITRD /initrd.img
-    APPEND earlyprintk=serial console=ttyS0
\ No newline at end of file
+    APPEND earlyprintk=serial console=ttyS0 console=tty0
diff --git a/alpine/kernel/kernel_config b/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
index 7b19c713a..d118066b2 100644
--- a/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
+++ b/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
@@ -1753,7 +1753,8 @@ CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y
 #
 # Input Device Drivers
 #
-# CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD is not set
+CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
+CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
 # CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE is not set
 # CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK is not set
 # CONFIG_INPUT_TABLET is not set
@@ -1780,7 +1781,7 @@ CONFIG_INPUT_XEN_KBDDEV_FRONTEND=y
 #
 CONFIG_SERIO=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_SERIO=y
-# CONFIG_SERIO_I8042 is not set
+CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y
 CONFIG_SERIO_SERPORT=y
 # CONFIG_SERIO_CT82C710 is not set
 CONFIG_SERIO_PCIPS2=y
@@ -2367,7 +2368,7 @@ CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY=y
 #
 # HID support
 #
-# CONFIG_HID is not set
+CONFIG_HID=y
 
 #
 # I2C HID support