2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-serialgetty.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-serialgetty.bb
index 0cc0dc8c79..d142b30f7e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-serialgetty.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-serialgetty.bb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/GPL-2.0;md5=80
 PR = "r5"
 
 SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;ttyS0"
+SERIAL_TERM ?= "linux"
 
 SRC_URI = "file://serial-getty@.service"
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ do_install() {
                 install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/
                 install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/serial-getty@.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/
                 sed -i -e "s/\@BAUDRATE\@/$default_baudrate/g" ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/serial-getty@.service
+                sed -i -e "s/\@TERM\@/${SERIAL_TERM}/g" ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/serial-getty@.service
 
                 tmp="${SERIAL_CONSOLES}"
                 for entry in $tmp ; do
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-serialgetty/serial-getty@.service b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-serialgetty/serial-getty@.service
index 549d566009..b16fe1188e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-serialgetty/serial-getty@.service
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-serialgetty/serial-getty@.service
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Conflicts=rescue.service
 Before=rescue.service
 
 [Service]
-Environment="TERM=xterm"
+Environment="TERM=@TERM@"
 ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -8 -L %I @BAUDRATE@ $TERM
 Type=idle
 Restart=always