diff --git a/lago/providers/libvirt/templates/dom_template-el6.xml b/lago/providers/libvirt/templates/dom_template-el6.xml
index d60d1197..9a7b08c1 100644
--- a/lago/providers/libvirt/templates/dom_template-el6.xml
+++ b/lago/providers/libvirt/templates/dom_template-el6.xml
@@ -26,12 +26,15 @@
         <source mode='bind'/>
         <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
       </channel>
+      <serial type='pty'>
+          <target port='0'/>
+      </serial>
       <rng model='virtio'>
         <backend model='random'>/dev/random</backend>
         <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x09' function='0x0'/>
       </rng>
       <console type='pty'>
-        <target type='virtio' port='0'/>
+        <target type='serial' port='0'/>
       </console>
       <video>
         <model type='cirrus' vram='16384' heads='1'/>