2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass b/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass
index 844ed87944..0d55c3247e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ def testimage_main(d):
                       'kvm'         : kvm,
                       'slirp'       : slirp,
                       'dump_dir'    : d.getVar("TESTIMAGE_DUMP_DIR"),
+                      'serial_ports': len(d.getVar("SERIAL_CONSOLES").split()),
                     }
 
     # TODO: Currently BBPATH is needed for custom loading of targets.
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/qemu.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/qemu.py
index 758703c0d1..008a9f03ce 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/qemu.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/qemu.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class OEQemuTarget(OESSHTarget):
     def __init__(self, logger, server_ip, timeout=300, user='root',
             port=None, machine='', rootfs='', kernel='', kvm=False, slirp=False,
             dump_dir='', dump_host_cmds='', display='', bootlog='',
-            tmpdir='', dir_image='', boottime=60, **kwargs):
+            tmpdir='', dir_image='', boottime=60, serial_ports=2, **kwargs):
 
         super(OEQemuTarget, self).__init__(logger, None, server_ip, timeout,
                 user, port)
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ class OEQemuTarget(OESSHTarget):
                                  deploy_dir_image=dir_image, display=display,
                                  logfile=bootlog, boottime=boottime,
                                  use_kvm=kvm, use_slirp=slirp, dump_dir=dump_dir,
-                                 dump_host_cmds=dump_host_cmds, logger=logger)
+                                 dump_host_cmds=dump_host_cmds, logger=logger,
+                                 serial_ports=serial_ports)
 
     def start(self, params=None, extra_bootparams=None, runqemuparams=''):
         if self.use_slirp and not self.server_ip: