diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-shutdown.sh b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-shutdown.sh
index 3eff1ea..fc359c5 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-shutdown.sh
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-shutdown.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 
 test "umount_proc" && umount /proc && rmdir /proc
 
+# ioctl(TIOC_DRAIN) to drain tty messages to console
+test -t 1 && stty cooked 0<&1
 
 # Execute the command systemd told us to ...
 if test -d /oldroot  && test "$1"