diff --git a/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2-noemgd.conf b/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2-noemgd.conf
index 2bd12c38..089861f8 100644
--- a/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2-noemgd.conf
+++ b/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2-noemgd.conf
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_xserver-xorg ?= "1.11.1"
 
 SERIAL_CONSOLE = "115200 ttyS0"
 
+APPEND += "video=vesafb vga=0x318"
+
 MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-modules eee-acpi-scripts"
 
 IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "ext3 cpio.gz live"