diff --git a/db845c/BoardConfig.mk b/db845c/BoardConfig.mk
index 2c1fb25..018213a 100644
--- a/db845c/BoardConfig.mk
+++ b/db845c/BoardConfig.mk
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 BOARD_KERNEL_CMDLINE += init=/init androidboot.boot_devices=soc@0/1d84000.ufshc printk.devkmsg=on
 BOARD_KERNEL_CMDLINE += deferred_probe_timeout=30
 BOARD_KERNEL_CMDLINE += pcie_pme=nomsi #For WiFi to work on rb5
+BOARD_KERNEL_CMDLINE += qcom_geni_serial.con_enabled=1
 
 # Image Configuration
 BOARD_BOOTIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 103079215104 #96M
diff --git a/rb5/BoardConfig.mk b/rb5/BoardConfig.mk
index a4f1d09..53b21f0 100644
--- a/rb5/BoardConfig.mk
+++ b/rb5/BoardConfig.mk
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 BOARD_KERNEL_CMDLINE += init=/init androidboot.boot_devices=soc@0/1d84000.ufshc printk.devkmsg=on
 BOARD_KERNEL_CMDLINE += pcie_pme=nomsi #For WiFi to work
 BOARD_KERNEL_CMDLINE += deferred_probe_timeout=30
+BOARD_KERNEL_CMDLINE += qcom_geni_serial.con_enabled=1
 
 # Image Configuration
 BOARD_BOOTIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 103079215104 #96M