diff --git a/meta-jasperforest/conf/machine/jasperforest.conf b/meta-jasperforest/conf/machine/jasperforest.conf
index a97ae444..17468de7 100644
--- a/meta-jasperforest/conf/machine/jasperforest.conf
+++ b/meta-jasperforest/conf/machine/jasperforest.conf
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ XSERVER ?= "xserver-xorg \
 
 SERIAL_CONSOLE = "115200 ttyS0"
 
+APPEND += "video=vesafb vga=0x318"
+
 MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-modules eee-acpi-scripts"
 
 IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "ext3 cpio.gz live"