diff --git a/yocto-poky/scripts/contrib/mkefidisk.sh b/yocto-poky/scripts/contrib/mkefidisk.sh
index cd4de05..333284f 100755
--- a/yocto-poky/scripts/contrib/mkefidisk.sh
+++ b/yocto-poky/scripts/contrib/mkefidisk.sh
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
 	sed -i "s/ LABEL=[^ ]*/ /" $GRUB_CFG
 
 	sed -i "s@ root=[^ ]*@ @" $GRUB_CFG
-	sed -i "s@vmlinuz @vmlinuz root=$TARGET_ROOTFS ro rootwait quiet @" $GRUB_CFG
+	sed -i "s@vmlinuz @vmlinuz root=$TARGET_ROOTFS ro rootwait console=ttyS0 console=tty0 @" $GRUB_CFG
 fi
 
 # Look for a gummiboot installation
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
 
 	sed -i "/initrd /d" $GUMMI_CFG
 	sed -i "s@ root=[^ ]*@ @" $GUMMI_CFG
-	sed -i "s@options *LABEL=boot @options LABEL=Boot root=$TARGET_ROOTFS ro rootwait quiet @" $GUMMI_CFG
+	sed -i "s@options *LABEL=boot @options LABEL=Boot root=$TARGET_ROOTFS ro rootwait console=ttyS0 console=tty0 @" $GUMMI_CFG
 fi
 
 # Ensure we have at least one EFI bootloader configured
@@ -438,6 +438,9 @@
 	echo "$TARGET_DEVICE" >> $ROOTFS_MNT/etc/udev/mount.blacklist
 fi
 
+# Add startup.nsh script for automated boot
+echo "fs0:\EFI\BOOT\bootx64.efi" > $BOOTFS_MNT/startup.nsh
+
 
 # Call cleanup to unmount devices and images and remove the TMPDIR
 cleanup