diff --git a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
index 5e4ded51788..f9acf71b981 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ __setup("noinitrd", no_initrd);
 static int init_linuxrc(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new)
 {
 	sys_unshare(CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES);
+	/* stdin/stdout/stderr for /linuxrc */
+	sys_open("/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0);
+	sys_dup(0);
+	sys_dup(0);
 	/* move initrd over / and chdir/chroot in initrd root */
 	sys_chdir("/root");
 	sys_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);