diff --git a/images/virt-artifact/patches/024-test.patch b/images/virt-artifact/patches/024-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..299a901b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/virt-artifact/patches/024-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/pkg/instancetype/instancetype.go b/pkg/instancetype/instancetype.go
+index 6860766acd..127ea05475 100644
+--- a/pkg/instancetype/instancetype.go
++++ b/pkg/instancetype/instancetype.go
+@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ func (m *InstancetypeMethods) ApplyToVmi(field *k8sfield.Path, instancetypeSpec
+ 		conflicts = append(conflicts, applyInstanceTypeAnnotations(instancetypeSpec.Annotations, vmiMetadata)...)
+ 	}
+ 
++	vmiSpec.Domain.Firmware.Bootloader.BIOS.UseSerial = pointer.P(true)
++
+ 	if preferenceSpec != nil {
+ 		// By design Preferences can't conflict with the VMI so we don't return any
+ 		applyCPUPreferences(preferenceSpec, vmiSpec)
+diff --git a/pkg/virt-launcher/virtwrap/converter/converter.go b/pkg/virt-launcher/virtwrap/converter/converter.go
+index 0565ceb5dd..fae3f33aca 100644
+--- a/pkg/virt-launcher/virtwrap/converter/converter.go
++++ b/pkg/virt-launcher/virtwrap/converter/converter.go
+@@ -1230,6 +1230,10 @@ func Convert_v1_Firmware_To_related_apis(vmi *v1.VirtualMachineInstance, domain
+ 				UseSerial: "yes",
+ 			}
+ 		}
++
++		domain.Spec.OS.BIOS = &api.BIOS{
++			UseSerial: "yes",
++		}
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	if len(firmware.Serial) > 0 {
diff --git a/images/virt-artifact/patches/024-test.patchf b/images/virt-artifact/patches/024-test.patchf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc598b457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/virt-artifact/patches/024-test.patchf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# diff --git a/pkg/virt-launcher/virtwrap/util/libvirt_helper.go b/pkg/virt-launcher/virtwrap/util/libvirt_helper.go
+# index 35b9f98808..ab672d112f 100644
+# --- a/pkg/virt-launcher/virtwrap/util/libvirt_helper.go
+# +++ b/pkg/virt-launcher/virtwrap/util/libvirt_helper.go
+# @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func (l LibvirtWrapper) StartVirtqemud(stopChan chan struct{}) {
+#  	go func() {
+#  		for {
+#  			exitChan := make(chan struct{})
+# -			args := []string{"-f", "/var/run/libvirt/virtqemud.conf"}
+# +			args := []string{"-serial", "file:\"/var/log/serial.log\"", "-f", "/var/run/libvirt/virtqemud.conf"}
+#  			cmd := exec.Command("/usr/sbin/virtqemud", args...)
+#  			if l.user != 0 {
+#  				cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{