2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/runqemu b/scripts/runqemu
index 09c507dc7a..82711606f6 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu
+++ b/scripts/runqemu
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ SCRIPT_QEMU_OPT=""
 SCRIPT_QEMU_EXTRA_OPT=""
 SCRIPT_KERNEL_OPT=""
 SERIALSTDIO=""
+TCPSERIAL_PORTNUM=""
 KVM_ENABLED="no"
 KVM_ACTIVE="no"
 
@@ -150,6 +151,9 @@ while true; do
             SCRIPT_KERNEL_OPT="$SCRIPT_KERNEL_OPT console=ttyS0"
             SERIALSTDIO="1"
             ;;
+        "tcpserial="*)
+            TCPSERIAL_PORTNUM=${arg##tcpserial=}
+            ;;
         "biosdir="*)
             CUSTOMBIOSDIR="${arg##biosdir=}"
             ;;
diff --git a/scripts/runqemu-internal b/scripts/runqemu-internal
index d743322037..b317358f94 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu-internal
+++ b/scripts/runqemu-internal
@@ -620,6 +620,14 @@ if [ "x$QEMUOPTIONS" = "x" ]; then
     return 1
 fi
 
+if [ $TCPSERIAL_PORTNUM != "" ]; then
+    if [ "$MACHINE" = "qemuarm64" ]; then
+        QEMUOPTIONS="$QEMUOPTIONS -device virtio-serial-device -chardev socket,id=virtcon,port=$TCPSERIAL_PORTNUM,host=127.0.0.1 -device virtconsole,chardev=virtcon"
+    else
+        QEMUOPTIONS="$QEMUOPTIONS -serial tcp:127.0.0.1:$TCPSERIAL_PORTNUM"
+    fi
+fi
+
 PATH=$OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT/usr/bin:$PATH
 
 QEMUBIN=`which $QEMU 2> /dev/null`