diff --git a/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2.conf b/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2.conf
index e73d28fa..6029cee5 100644
--- a/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2.conf
+++ b/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2.conf
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_emgd-driver-bin ?= "1.8"
 
 SERIAL_CONSOLE = "115200 ttyS0"
 
+APPEND += "video=vesafb vga=0x318"
+
 MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-modules eee-acpi-scripts"
 
 IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "ext3 cpio.gz live"