diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/01-confluent.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/01-confluent.sh
index d3e43f6c..25ba8e61 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/01-confluent.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/cmdline/01-confluent.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ cat /tls/*.0 >> /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
 if ! grep console= /proc/cmdline >& /dev/null; then
     autocons=$(/opt/confluent/bin/autocons)
     if [ -n "$autocons" ]; then
-        echo console=$autocons |sed -e 's!/dev/!!' >> /etc/cmdline.d/01-autocons.conf
+        echo console=$autocons |sed -e 's!/dev/!!' >> /tmp/01-autocons.conf
         autocons=${autocons%,*}
+	echo $autocons > /tmp/01-autocons.devnode
+	echo "Detected firmware specified console at $(cat /tmp/01-autocons.conf)" > $autocons
         echo "Initializing auto detected console when installer starts" > $autocons
     fi
 fi
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/initqueue/01-confluent.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/initqueue/01-confluent.sh
index 37688e66..43622dbc 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/initqueue/01-confluent.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/initqueue/01-confluent.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@ profilename=$(grep ^profile: /tmp/confluent.deploycfg)
 profilename=${profilename#profile: }
 proto=$(grep ^protocol: /tmp/confluent.deploycfg)
 proto=${proto#protocol: }
+textconsole=$(grep ^textconsole: /tmp/confluent.deploycfg)
+textconsole=${textconsole#textconsole: }
+if [ $textconsole = "true" ] && ! grep console= /proc/cmdline > /dev/null; then
+	autocons=$(cat /tmp/01-autocons.devnode)
+	if [ ! -z "$autocons" ]; then
+	    echo Auto-configuring installed system to use text console
+	    echo Auto-configuring installed system to use text console > $autocons
+	    cp /tmp/01-autocons.conf /etc/cmdline.d/
+	else
+	    echo "Unable to automatically detect requested text console"
+	fi
+fi
+
 echo inst.repo=$proto://$mgr/confluent-public/os/$profilename/distribution >> /etc/cmdline.d/01-confluent.conf
 echo inst.ks=$proto://$mgr/confluent-public/os/$profilename/kickstart >> /etc/cmdline.d/01-confluent.conf
 kickstart=$proto://$mgr/confluent-public/os/$profilename/kickstart