diff --git a/packages/linux/unpack b/packages/linux/unpack
index 2e9ad1774e..2af086ee19 100755
--- a/packages/linux/unpack
+++ b/packages/linux/unpack
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ cp $KERNEL_CFG_FILE $LINUX/.config
 sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=.*$|CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=\"$ROOT/$PKG_DIR/config/initramfs\"|" \
   $LINUX/.config
 
+if [ "$DEVTOOLS" = yes ]; then
+  echo "CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y" >> $LINUX/.config
+  echo "CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY=y" >> $LINUX/.config
+  echo "CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_ROTATION=n" >> $LINUX/.config
+  echo "CONFIG_FONTS=n" >> $LINUX/.config
+fi
+
 # copy some extra firmware to linux tree
   cp -R $PKG_DIR/firmware/* $LINUX/firmware